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Concord, Mass. 
1897
April 21
  Clear and cool with fresh W. wind. A heavy frost last
night the ground and water freezing. (Night before last the
thermometer fell to 22Œ_ Fahr.).
  After spending a week in Cambridge I came to Concord
this morning. Most of the forenoon was consumed in
transacting some business in town and getting a lot
of plants, ferns etc. down to the river bank from the
Keyes'. Indeed it was past noon when I got them
all stowed in the canoe and set sail. The fresh
steady breeze served so well that I made all the
bends and reached the cabin without once
dipped[sic] [dipping] my paddle in the water.
  On the way down I heard but two birds singing.
I saw a good many Red-wings but very few Song-
Sparrows - not over three or four in all. About 25
Swallows seen flying over the meadows, rather more
than half Tree Swallows, the remainder Barn Swallows and one Martin.
  Started a Bittern from the river bank just above the
Minute Man. Another pumped steadily through the
late afternoon in the usual place on the south side
of Great Meadow.
  Near the cabin I found a White Throated Sparrow,
a flock of ten Yellow-rumps, a Phoebe (singing), a
Song Sparrow and three Chickadees.
  Walking to Davis's Hill & beyond late in the afternoon
I started three Partridges all together and heard a fourth
drumming in the distance on the Blakemore hill.
  Saw a Carolina Dove & heard a Red-bellied Nuthatch,
& three Pine Warblers. Purple Trillium (introduced) in bloom.