Concord, Mass.
1899.
June 8
(c) 
  Awaking just before day break (at 3.20) this
morning, before the first Robin had uttered his first 
call, I heard, as I was lying in bed at the Keyes',
and for the first time in my life, the song of the
Purple Martin. It was a monotonous er-e-er-itty-er-e
repeated rapidly without pause or interval many times
in succession. As nearly as I could make out there
were two or three birds singing at once and they kept
it up for at least eight or ten minutes. The sound
came from the direction of Hosmer's meadow and
always from the same point leading me to conclude
that the birds were perched, probably in the tops
of the large elms that line the wood which skirts
this meadow. Faxon heard this same song when he
was living at Lexington a few years ago. If I
remember rightly he told me at the time that it
is more uttered excepting at day break.
[margin]Early morning
song of the
Purple Martin[/margin]
  The first bird after the Martins to sing this
morning was a Wood Pewee, the next a Red-wing,
three Robins, Song Sparrows, Cat birds, Least Flycatchers, 
Yellow Warblers etc.
[margin]Succession of
other Songbirds
at day break[/margin]
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