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Concord & Cambridge, Mass.
1898
October 29
  Cloudy with light rain.
  Early this morning heard Snow Bunting calling high
in air over the meadows and saw two Fox Sparrows at the
end of Ball's Hill.
  Went to Cambridge by the 9.40 A.M. train. Found several
White-throated Sparrows in the old garden although none have
been seen at Concord for some time. Spent the night
at Cambridge.
  " [October] 30
  Cloudy with frequent showers of fine rain. The clouds
breaking away at sunset.
   Returned to Ball's Hill by the noon train and on
reaching the cabin started at once for Concord in the
open canoe. There was no wind and the mist hung dense
over the hills & meadows. On the way up river saw a
Red-shouldered Hawk at Holden's Hill and a Marsh Hawk
skimming over the fields on the Hunt farm. Returning in
the twilight heard a Black Duck quacking and splashing
among the grass on the flooded meadows opposite
Holden's Hill.