Walter Deane (1848-1930) Papers; Journal Jan-Dec 1901. Botany Libraries, Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Mass.

19 Concord, Mass. 1901 June 1–2

Birds observed by me in company with William Brewster on his land between 1 P.M. June 1 and 4 P.M. June 2:–

Actitis macularius 3 or 4 flying over bays in Concord River Colinus virginianus Heard calling in the woods or fields. Bonasa umbellus Flushed one in woods and heard two or three drumming at least a dozen times. Circus hudsonius One soaring over the river marshes Buteo lineatus Saw four soaring above us at the Barrett Farm, diving at intervals and continually screaming They were in company. Coccyzus sp. [species] Barrett Farm. W. Brewster heard at daybreak of June 2 C. erythropthalmus [Coccyzus erythropthalmus] Dryobates villosus Heard the rattling call back of Ball's Hill Dryobates p. medianus [Dryobates pubescens medianus] Saw one. Colaptes a. luteus [Colaptes auratus luteus] Heard [shouting?] several times Chordeiles virginianus One flying near Ball's Hill about 3.30 P.M. on June 2 (Sunday). Chaetura pelagica Abundant. Trochilus colubris One on nest in the big elm at the Barrett Farm, about 25 feet up. Seen June 1 & 2. Tyrannus tyrannus Abundant. Myiarchus crinitus One at the Farm, very noisy giving us all his various notes. Sayornis phoebe One near W. Bedford Station, and one at the Farm. Contopus virens Frequent. Empidonax t. aliiorum [Empidonax traillii aliiorum] Heard one in woods across the river opp. the cabin. We rowed over and were quite near him but did not see him. His song was a modified Phoebe's.

20 Concord, Mass. 1901 June 1–2 (2)

Empidonax minimus Heard at the Farm. Cyanocitta cristata Abundant. Seen & heard. Corvus americanus Abundant. Dolichonyx oryzivorus Abundant in grassy tracts. Molothrus ater One at the Farm. Agelaius phoeniceus A few by the river. The remarkable rise in the river has driven them away. Icterus galbula Abundant. Quiscalus q. aeneus [Quiscalus quiscula aeneus] Three or four only. Carpodacus purpureus One singing at the Farm. Spizella socialis Several Spizella pusilla Heard at the Farm, and near Benson's, where we stood close to one as he sang. Melospiza fasciata Several heard. Pipilo erythrophthalamus Heard at the Farm. Zamelodia ludoviciana Heard by the cabin Piranga erythromelas Saw a pair and heard several. Progne subis One over the river. Petrochelidon lunifrons Abundant over the river. Hirundo erythrogastra Numerus. Tachycineta bicolor Several Clivicola riparia Several Ampelis cedrorum A few. Vireo olivaceus Numerous. Vireo flavifrons Numerous. Helminthophobia chrysoptera Heard and saw one in the meadow opp. the Barrett House. W.B. saw & heard him giving his flight song. Helminthophila rubricapilla Heard a few. Dendroica pensylvanica Abundant. Dendroica striata Numerous [in full song]

21 Concord, Mass. 1901 June 1–2 (3)

Dendroica blackberniae Heard & saw one. Peculiar song. Dendroica virens Frequent. Dendroica castanea one ♀ [female] back of Ball's Hill. Dendroica vigorsii Heard back of Ball's Hill. Mniotilta varia Heard. Seiurus aurocapillus Heard constantly. I flushed one from her next of 5 eggs in Blakemore Woods. Geothlypis trichas. Abundant. Setophaga ruticilla Abundant. Galeoscoptes carolinensis Frequent. Harporhynchus rufus Heard one. Parus atricapillus Heard. Hylocichla mustelina Heard one at Barrett Farm. Hylocichla fuscescens Heard and seen. Merula migratoria Common. Sialia sialis Several. 59 species.

Besides these, W. Brewster heard {Ardea virescens Coccyzus erythropthalmus Wilsonia canadensis } June 2.

22 Newtonville, Mass. 1901 June 28

Melanerpes erythrocephalus This afternoon Will Brewster and I took the electrics to Newtonville to visit the Redheaded Woodpeckers breeding there. The spot lies off Cabot St. by the side of a private road, where some twenty yards from a knoll covered with oaks and maples, in an open stretch of meadow stands a red maple stump with almost no bark on and about 25 feet high, 1 1/2 ft. in diam. at base. Five feet below the top where the stump, much resembling a bare telegraph pole, is about 1 ft. through is the hole, irregular in shape. There are a good many other woodpeckers' holes over the stump. The two birds in fine breeding plummage flew about close by among the trees, and at intervals, one would catch an insect and flying to the hole, would generally alight on a short dead branch just above the nest, and after a moment's survey, enter the hole, reappearing very quickly. The birds are flycatchers, launching off from a branch and picking an insect from the air or the top of the grass blade and then returning to the perch. At times one would alight in the grass and hop about. We saw the birds enter the hole five times. They chattered constantly, much like a tree toad. We heard the young calling in the hole A house was about 100 yds away. We staid 1/2 hr to 1 hr. The red, black and white of the birds was very conspicuous.

23 Cambridge, Mass. 1901 July 1

Another year has closed and three months are before me. The months have slipped by very rapidly and pleasantly. I have completed a card catalogue of the mounted collection of birds and entered all the facts I could gather. Will Brewster has told me a good many things that were not recorded. The catalogue is on library cards in a tin box. It is the first separate record of the entire collection, and has been many weeks' labor. Will has been pushing his list of the Cambridge Region birds with energy. He has had many duties to attend to since his three months stay with Dr. J.G. Gehring in Bethel, Me. About twenty five birds remain to be done. There he will finish in Lancaster, Mass. Then comes the long introduction – I have spent much of my leisure moments in correcting my lists of Ericaceae & Umbelliferae (Rhodora I, 1899) to date. The Ericaceae with come out in the July number in a few days. The Umbelliferae in the August number. It has taken a good deal of labor though it doesn't show for very much.

We go to Salem, N.Y. to-morrow to visit the Misses Audubon for a week. Temp. for a week frightfully high, above 90 a low part of the day.