1892.
July 20
(No 3)
[margin]Estabrook Road at evening[/margin]
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord.- rapid walker who was familiar with the
ground.
  After leaving Clark's woods I struck directly across
country to the Estabrook road in which I took my stand[delete]ing[/delete]
on the crest of a knoll with a maple swamp behind
me and a tract of about fifty acres of rough,
rocky land cleared two or three years ago and
now [delete]growing up to young sprouts of[/delete] densely covered with
oak and walnut sprouts eight or ten feet in height
stretching away towards the sunset.
  The air was cool and there was no wind. I could
hear Wood Thrushes in every direction and now
and then a Tanager or Cat bird. All these species
were singing at 7.45 when the first Whippoorwill
began and one of the Wood Thrushes [delete]sang[/delete] continued just
twelve minutes later closing the concert of day
birds at 7.57.
[margin]Wood Thrushes√√[tick marks][/margin]
  As I walked slowly homeward after dark I
frequently heard Mice rustling or jumping in
the dry leaves and occasionally a fluttering
as of a bird'a wings in the foliage of the oaks which
overarch the road. The latter sound proved to be
made by large Moths probably of several species
although all that I saw looked nearly alike. One
alighted on the under side of a leaf almost
within reach of my hand and opened and shut
its broad wings slowly. It, as well as all the
others, seemed to be of a light creamy color which
appeared at times to have a luminous quality
although this was probably an [delete][?][/delete] illusion.
[margin]Wood sounds
at night[/margin]
[margin]Moths[/margin]