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Concord, Mass.
1898
October 19
(No 2)
from tree to tree clustering all over the ends
of the upper branches. As far as I could see
they were unsuccessful in their search (both
acorns and chestnuts are scarce this autumn).
  Finally they all took wing at once and
crossing the Barrett Meadow swept over the
woods beyond in the direction of Beaver Dam
Lagoon. As it was nearly dark at the
turn I am inclined to suspect that
they roosted at the Lagoon with the
Rusties [ie rusty blackbirds] to-night. They were probably the 
same birds that I saw at Davis's Hill
last evening for the flock was of exactly 
the same size apparently.
  The water is all over the meadows again
and the Snipe grounds are completely submerged.
I heard a Carolina Rail there last evening
but neither Rail nor Snipe tonight.
On the evening of the 17th at about 8 o'clock
the day being clear & still at the time a
Carolina Rail called Kur-wee thrice in
succession in the meadow opposite the cabin
and at evening just after sunset I heard
the kur-wee again once or twice and the
ordinary autumnal call (kep) several times
in these different directions. I also heard
a Snipe on this morning just after the 
Rail had ceased. Yesterday forenoon a
Greater Yellow legs was whistling on this
same meadow.
[margin]Porzana
Carolina
gives Ker-wee
call in autumn [/margin]