1893
May 18
(No 4)
East Lexington, Mass.
  sport for not another shot did they fire after we
left them. They denied having killed or attempted to
kill any small birds & said that they had been shooting 
at "Dipper Ducks" (Grebes) and bottles thrown into the air.
They were rough-looking fellows & probably poor shots
for all then repeatedly fired at the same bird in quick
succession.
[margin]Drive to
Concord[/margin]
  At 5.30 P.M. I started for Concord. It was a 
delicious evening, still, rather warm at first, the
sun peeping out now & then & flooding the fields
& meadows with mellow light. Birds were singing
freely but I heard nothing of much interest except
two Golden winged Warblers and three Towhees. The
latter are very scarce this season - as they were in
1892.
  I reached Concord at 6.30 and was told by
Mr. Buttrick that he had just seen five Hummingbirds
at one time in the cherry tree behind the house.
He thinks that they were much more numerous this
evening than they have been on any previous day
this season. I saw two at East Lexington, flying
across the pond.