1893
May 18
(No 2)
East Lexington,Mass.
 Warm really remarkable. Within a short time and
a small space we heard singing a Wood Thrush; Thrasher;
Catbird; Grosbeak; Maryland Yellow throat; Golden winged
Warbler; Nashville Warbler; Chestnut-sided Warbler; White eyed
vireo, Towhee, several Song & Swamp Sparrows; a Field Sparrow
[delete]and[/delete] a Grass Finch and a Meadow Lark, the last two
in a field outside the woods. There was also a Grouse
drumming very near us.
 Two larch trees of unusual size, which stand on the
edge of the meadow not far from where we sat down,
were at times simply alive with birds among which
in addition to most of the sparrows just named,we saw
a Black-fall warbler, several yellow-wings,and a dozen
or more Goldfinches. There was also a small warbler
with a rather short tail which I fully believe to have
been H. pinus. Twice I got a good view of its under
parts which seemed to be wholly of a rich chrome yellow
and without any trace of streaking. The down was also
rich yellow. I could not make out any wing bars but
then I did not see the wings at all distinctly. Faxon’s
impression of these colors agreed exactly with mine.
The bird was active & silent. We often lost him among
the Goldfinches & the light was bad for the
background was white, dazzling sky.
[margin]Hel. pinus?[/margin]
 On the way back to the pond we started a
White-throated Sparrow in some alders.
 A Nashville Warbler on the knoll just deserted has
a curious song which pushed us completely and excited us
greatly until we saw the bird. For a long time he sang tchit-
tchit-tchit-tchit-tchit in dry, metallic tones,all the notes
[margin][?] song of
Nashville Warbler[/margin]