Concord, Mass.
(To Wayside Inn, Sudbury, in P.M.)
1899.
May 8
  May 1st I flushed a pair of Partridges within 60 yards of
their nest. They rose together within four feet of an another.
I started a male this morning about 100 yards from the nest.
I have not heard a Partridge drum since April 28th although
I have been in their haunts daily & at all hours.
[margin]Partridge's
nest[/margin]
  A pair of Phoebees [sic] have a nest in a mortise hole in a beam
in the barn cellar on the Barrett place. I found it April 28th
when it was nearly finished. To-day it held four eggs. Neither
of the birds was about. I have not heard a Phoebe sing for
several days. (Five eggs laid; hatched May 27th; young left nest June 11th)
[margin]Phoebee's
nest with
4 eggs.[/margin]
  Here is a list of the birds that I saw or heard while standing
in the orchard at the Barrett place early this forenoon; -
1 Robin, 2 Chickadees, 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers, one Black & White Creeper,
1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Oven Bird, Barn Swallows, Bank Swallows,
1 Yellow-throated Vireo, 1 Solitary Vireo, 1 Grass Finch, 1 Field Sparrow,
1 Chewink [Eastern Towhee], 2 Kingbird, 2 Least Flycatchers, 2 Chipping Sparrows, 
1 Flickers [sic], several Chimney Swifts. The Phoebee might also
be added on the strength of the nest. In all the list
includes nineteen species.
[margin]Birds notes
at Barrett
place.[/margin]
  In the afternoon I paddled to Concord and thence
drove to the Wayside Inn where I spent the night,
On the way up the river I saw a number of Solitary
and Spotted Sandpipers and heard a Bobolink & Meadow Lark.
[margin]To the
Wayside Inn,
Sudbury.[/margin]
  Along the road from Concord to Sudbury I saw nothing
but the commonest birds. Shad bush going out of
bloom. Apples trees coming into bloom. The season is
now in advance of the [?] at this date.
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