1892
July 5
(No 5)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord.- the nerves and bringing peace and rest.
After my bird had finished singing he joined his mate
on the ground within a few yards of me where both
rambled about for several minutes among the short
thin grass every now and then raising their heads to
look at me. May Heaven keep them from the villainous
black cat which I found in, and drove from, their
pasture home when I entered it this evening.
Just before the Grass Finches ceased singing a
Whippoorwill began in the woods beyond Dutton's. I
heard it at frequent intervals but the song was very
brief, from ten to fifteen "whippoorwills" only. It
became silent after dark.
[margin]Whippoorwill[/margin]
  It is worthy of remark that our birds sing most
freely and generally at all hours [delete]of the day[/delete] on very
warm days early in the season – at least up to the
middle of June – and later in cool weather.
The singing during the past two days and especially
this evening has been perhaps remarkable for this
season but I have noted the same thing – ie[i.e.: that is] the
marked effect of a change to cooler weather ni the
early summer – in former years.
[margin]Birds sing
most freely in
cool weather
at this season[/margin]