Journals, 1871-1919 (inclusive)
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Concord May 30 - 1874 another (2?) started near me and lit and walking her up. I shot her on wing getting four specimens of both. We afterwards heard another & but could not start him. The song is very faint & may be perfectly represented by the Capadulas. Sk. lip repeated at intervals of ten seconds or more. They have also a chuck very like that of P. javanna. Their flight as they rise is fully as undulating as that of Chrysophis tristis & they usually go not more than 20 yds. at a time. They are not shy & when only in may be fairly shot but if pressed shall like a morn in my own. I had left in the billfold woods when I cornered an outlaught on the tanager shooting it in all, one of them a male with plumage of nearly equal green & yellow like the adult. In August, Saw a pair copulating & on a number of occasions the & pursuing his mate through the trees singing most beautifully & occasionally uttering a single very sweet note like a certain one in Virio obscurus' song. Heard 2 My Can, in a swamp near Sandy H.