1891.
May 29
(No. 4)
Afternoon in the Fresh Pond Swamps.
Mass.
Cambridge. - In addition to the Rails' nests found
on the 21st and revisited to-day I came, quite by
chance, on a fresh nest of the Virginia Rail
in the great meadow north of Glacialis. It was
near the middle of this meadow far removed
from any bushes but among sparsely growing
cat-tails and on the edge of a dense bed of thin
flags. The eight eggs which it contained were
warm but I saw no bird although I left the
nest unmolested at first and did not take it
until I had visited it a second time.
  Neither Wood Ducks nor Green Herons were seen
to-day in Pont Pond swamp but a single
bird of the latter species few across Glacialis
as I was passing this pond on my way
home.
  I heard Toads (B. fowleri (?)) Green Frogs and
one or two Bull Frogs but no Hylas. I walked
home and did not reach the house until
after it had become quite dark.