1893
May 28
(No 2)
Concord, Mass.

Soon after landing I heard the welcome sound of a                                                         
quail 'bob-white" coming from across the river. The bird
whistled at intervals for nearly an hour.  Once I
thought there were two Quail calling but an echo may have
deceived me.  This is the first quail I have heard this year.
[margin]Quail[/margin]

Walking around behind the hill. I found a Grosbeaks'                                                           
nest within thirty yards of the cluster of oaks where a
brood of young were reared last year. Doubtless the old
birds are the same but they have chosen an unique
situation for the nest this season - in a young white
pine near the top, directly against the main stem but
supported on the lateral ??? at a height of about
5 ft. above the ground and only three of four feet below
the top of the tree. The nest is very little concealed by
the foliage of the pine which is not at all dense. The
female bird was sitting on four eggs (at about 6 P.M.)
which looked fresh.
[margin]Unusual position for a Grosbeaks' nest[/margin]

Oddly enough I had gone less than 50 yards after                                            
leaving the Grosbeaks' nest when I stumbled quite
by accident on a Cat Birds' nest also placed in a
pine but only about 3 ft. above the ground, [?] 
being a near shrubs growing in an opening among
larger pines.  the nest was very conspicuous from every
side. It contained three eggs on which the female
parent was sitting.
[margin]Cats'Birds nest in white pine[/margin]