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Concord, Mass.
1897.
Nov. 10
(No 2)
flying only a few yards but changing its mind it
sped on into some dense woods.
  In the early forenoon we saw a flock of 14 Crows
flying South & evidently migrating & soon after dinner
two larger flocks, one of about 75, the other of nearly 100
birds, passed over Ball's hill & Great Meadow towards
the South west. This is the first migration I have
witnessed this autumn.
  I counted seventy-five Red Pines in Mrs. Barrett's
woods this morning. They are all at the extreme western
end of the track and were together. Two or three of the
largest trees are fine specimens over fifty feet in height
& more than a foot in diameter at the base. A number
of seedlings which I did not consider in the above
count & which are only 6 or 8 inches high are springing
up among the grass and bushes just outside the edge of
the woods.
  Just before sunset we launched two of the canoes &
paddled up river to beyond Dakin's Hill. As we 
were returning we heard several (at least three) Snipe
scaiping over Great Meadows and I saw two of them
rise against the light in the western sky & fly
swiftly off up river. There have been no gunners
on the meadow today.
  We also heard a young Song Sparrow singing in
low, broken tones by the river side.