1893 
April 9 
(No 3)                                                           
Concord, Mass.
  There were probably 25 or more Fox Sparrows along                                 
the river front of Ball's Hill to-day. they kept moving
back & forth and more or less of them were constantly
feeding on the hemp seed in front of the cabin; the
greatest number which we saw there at one time was 14.
[margin]Fox Sparrows[/margin]
  I heard to-day a new note from this bird. It was
a low put-put-put-put-put-put-put altered very rapidly and
audible only a few yards away. It closely resembled the
talking of young Red-wings or Cow Blackbirds when in larger
flocks in late summer. It was uttered only when several
or more Fox Sparrows were feeding together on the ground
and appeared to be either a note of menace or contentment
at the rich frost with which I had supplied them. The
former is the most probable theory for usually when this
note was heard we observed one or more birds threatening
each other. There was much fighting among them to-day.
[margin]Juncos[/margin]
  With the Fox Sparrows were five Juncos, four males &                               
one female. They ate this hemp seed freely when permitted
to do so by the Fox Sparrows.
  We saw four Phoebees during the day, all  near                                    
the river & all silent. They were doubtless migrants.
The birds seen near the cabin on the 2nd must
have been migrants also for I have neither seen nor
heard a Phoebe there since.
[margin]Phoebees.[/margin]
  A Carolina Dove cooed at intervals in Bensin's pines                                 
a little after sunset & in we saw another fly
across the river as it was getting dark. More seen
or heard during the day.
[margin]Doves.[/margin]