1893 
June 10                                                                          
Saybrook, Conn.
  Clear and warm with light S.E. wind.
  I spent the day in the house writing, blowing eggs
etc. Faxon went over the marshes near town and
reports, Marsh Wrens & Sea-side Finches numerous. He
found one Sharp-tail's nest with 5 eggs.
  After tea we walked down to the marsh following
a beautiful lane which passes a swamp alive with
Maryland Yellow throats, Song Sparrows & Red-wings. Beyond
this were thickets, wild apple trees, & finally an oak Knoll.
Cat-birds, Robins, Cuckoos, an Orchard Oriole & a Thrasher
singing. A [male] Hummingbird about blossoms of [?].
[margin]Birds singing
at evening 
over the village.[/margin]
  Reaching the marsh we sat down on the upper sail
of a fence & watched & listened until darkness fell. In
the marsh we could hear innumerable Long-billed Wrens
& Red wings & a few Sea-side Finches. The Finches &
Wrens sang long after the Red-wings had gone to bed. As
the light faded the Rails became more & more noisy. We
heard the pig note of R. virginianus several times &
at least three "Cuttas" cackled more or less continuously.
Clark says that the cutta cry is made by Rallus virginianus
& we begin to suspect that we have erred in attributing
it to Porzana carolina.
[margin]Evening on
the salt
marshes.[/margin]
  Green Herons were flying about constantly before & a little
after sunset & a pair of night Hawks passed and
circled around us flying low in the dusk & feeding.
After dark we heard only Cuttas and a great
number of Toads & Tree Toads