Concord, Mass
1893
July 12
  Forenoon clear, afternoon cloudy with light rain. Cooler.
  Soon after dinner I took the open canoe and V
started up river intending to visit Pantry Brook Meadow
to search for Short-billed Marsh Wrens' nests but
it began raining soon after I passed Clamshell Hill
and I took refuge under Heath's Bridge and remained
there over an hour. As the rain continued steadily
I got out my rubber coverings & oiled jacket and
started back paddling & sailing alternately & reaching
the Buttricks' at 6.30. 
  As I passed the mouth of Dugan Brook two
Henslow's Sparrows were singing. One appeared to be
rather near the river, the other well back towards the
high ground. Both were in the Dugan Brook meadow
proper, not above near Heath's Bridge where I heard one
last year. These are the first that I have met with
this season but Faxon found about the usual number
in Pantry Brook Meadow one day last month.
[margin]Henslow's 
Sparrows[/margin]
  I was surprised as well as delighted to hear two
Quail whistling to-day, one this morning in the
field opposite the Buttricks', the other late this afternoon
on the sandy ridge behind Clamshell Hill.
[margin]Quail[/margin]
  Birds are still singing freely at all hours. The only
species which seem to have become silent within the
past week are the Least Flycatcher & Grosbeak. The Orioles
and Cuckoos dropped out nearly two weeks ago. Heard
three Bobolinks this afternoon all in full song.
[margin]Singing of
birds[/margin]