Concord, Mass.
1893
Sept. 4
  Cloudless with strong N. to N. W. wind. A fine bracing
day of the type characteristic of late September.
  I spent the day at Ball's Hill sailing down
in the early forenoon and paddling home at
evening.
  The woods everywhere on my land appeared 
deserted of birds and the migrants seen yesterday
must have passed on during the night. In a 
long walk this afternoon I could find nothing 
but a few Chickadees, three or four Robins and
three Warblers together in some pines, one of which
at least was a Black-throated Green.
  A new lot of Swallows & Swifts appeared on
the river this morning. There were several Barn Swallows,
five or six White-bellies, two Bank Swallows, at
least one Eave Swallow and a Martin, the
last a young bird. There were also a dozen or
fifteen Swifts scattered widely as were likewise
the Swallows. A Night-hawk was feeding with
three or four Swifts over Rice Island at about
6 P.M. [delete]Started[/delete] A Wood  Duck started from Hunt's Pond.
  The Carolina Rails still linger in fair numbers
in the wild rice beds at Beaver Dam rapid. I
heard at least five there this afternoon. They utter
a great variety of noises among which is the whinny
and a drawling version of the er-e not much like
the form used in the spring &[and] perhaps really different.
[margin]Carolina 
Rails[/margin]