1892
May 26 &
27th
Concord, Massachusetts.
Visit to Cambridge
Mass.
Cambridge -  I spent these two days at the Almays'
in Cambridge, going down on the morning of
the 26th and returning the next morning. On my
way down I saw two Carolina Grebes swimming
together in the pond in E. Lexington where Faxon
took a nest last month. One [delete] was [/delete] chased the
other, flapping its wings vigorously and half-running
half-flying over the surface, before my train
passed out of sight of the pond.
[margin] Carolina Grebe
at E. Lex.[/margin]
  I found vegetation considerably further advanced
in Cambridge than at Concord. The lilacs were
nearly in bloom (in fact many blossoms had opened)
and the apple blossoms had nearly all shed their 
petals.
  Robins, Orioles, a Purple Finch, a Warbling Vireo, a
Red-eyed Vireo, a Yellow-throated Vireo, & a Redstart 
were singing in the trees near my house. In the
garden I saw several Black-polled Warblers, a
Maryland Yellow-throated Vireo, and a Water Thrush.
House Sparrows seemed to me less numerous than
usual. There was a Humming bird about a
flowering shrub under the window of my museum
but I did not see it distinctly enough to
make out the sex.
[margin]Birds in
& near my
garden in
Cambridge[/margin]
  Denton tells me that he saw a Lincoln's Finch
in the garden last week, he thinks on the 21st
He had a good view of it and is sure of his 
identification.
[margin]Lincoln's 
Finch[/margin]