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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.