Concord, Mass.
1899.
July & Aug.
  On my way to or from Cambridge I usually stopped at
Concord and visited the farm and the Ball's Hill woods
taking then, on each occasion, more or less plants most of which
were set out on or near Pulpit Rock when the conditions
seem to be especially favorable for the successful introduction 
of the "shyer" or more interesting northern species such as
the L[?], Daliborda, Monesis, etc. I also planted a good
many things along the northern slope of Pine Hill and
some purple-finger and round-leaved Habenarias were put
in Davis's Swamp and Woodcock Run. As I shall enter 
a full list of these introduced plants in this journal at
the end of the season I will not dwell further on them here.
[margin]Plants
introduced
into my 
woods[/margin]
  During my visits to Concord The following birds were noted
  July 10 Hairy Woodpecker heard in the Barrett orchard.
[margin]Hairy woodp'r[/margin]
  July 23 Two bluebirds in full song. Flushed a brood of young Partridges
which were about as large as Pigeons.
[margin]Bluebirds]/margin]
  July 31 Red Crossbills heard near Pulpit Rock. Wood Pewees common throughout
my woods and singing freely. Several Wilson's Thrushes. Small flocks
of Warblers, mostly Chestnut-sided and Redstarts, in the oaks on
Ball's Hill. An adult Downy Woodpecker in sadly worn and stained
plumage visited a piece of suet which has been hanging in an oak
near the cabin since last April. Although it was nearly black with
age & covered with mould the bird ate of it greedily.
[margin] Downy Woodp'r [Woodpecker]
eating suet[/margin]
  August 16  Red-eyed Vireos and Wood Pewees singing in the woods. Many
 Warblers, most of them Chestnut-sided, on Ball's Hill. A 
Water Thrush started by the river near the cabin.
[margin]Red-eyed Vireos
& Wood Pewees
still singing[/margin]
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