290
Concord, Mass.
1898.
November 2
  Forenoon clear and warm with violent S.W. wind. Afternoon
cloudy and threatening.
  Spent the forenoon on Ball's Hill. Chickadees & a
Brown Creeper there. In the afternoon walked to
the Barrett farm through the woods ignoring the
paths and exploring many dense, bushy places.
Saw a great many Juncos, six or seven Tree Sparrows, 
four Fox Sparrows etc. Started at least six
different Partridges. They seem to be visiting in
numbers here as the autumn wears on.
  Last spring we trapped a rat at the cabin
and this autumn we have House Mice for the 
first time. They have apparently wholly
supplanted the White-footed Mice whose drumming
I have not heard in the cabin over this autumn.
The House Mice are much more noisy than the
White-footed Mice and they gnaw more.