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Concord, Mass.
1898.
November 5             
  Early morning cloudy. Remainder of day clear
and very soft and warm with a light S wind.
  C. & S. R.S. came up this morning & we had a 
long walk in the woods going as far north
as Birch Island and ending up at the Barrett farm.
Started three or four Partridges & saw a 
number of Juncos & Tree Sparrows.
  The Whistler paid us another visit this
morning and at noon two Grebes, doubtless
the same as three seen yesterday approached
the cabin within 30 yards coming from across
the river and swimming very fast with heads
& necks erect. Suddenly both took wing rising
from the water with slight difficulty. One
beat the other by twenty yards or more having
started first. It alighted in the middle of 
the river and just as its companion was
passing over it, at a height of six or eight
feet, it dived making a great splashing. As
nearly as I could make out all this was
done in play for neither bird showed any
signs of having seen us although we were
standing, at the time, in the open door
of the cabin.           