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Concord, Mass.
1898.
April 11 
(No 2)
the while held his ground although he ceased
eating.
 Finally the Gray went off & the Red
continued his breakfast.
  I spent the day transplanting trees. Heard
two Pine Warblers. All the Juncos and Fox 
Sparrows gone. I miss them badly & nothing
has taken their place about the cabin. There
are only two or three Song Sparrows there now.
  Taking a walk at evening along the 
river bank I heard a Snipe drumming
steadily for half-an-hour or more. The
Bittern was also pumping at short intervals.
  Vegetation has advanced rapidly the past
two days. The willows are thickly hung with
catkins as have been the poplars since the
7th. The grass is getting very green.