South Yarmouth, Mass.
1899. 
Aug. 11-15
  I went to South Yarmouth on the afternoon of the 11th
and returned on the morning of the 15th spending the three
intervening days with the Stones. Their house is about a
mile from the centre of the town near the mouth of the Bass River.
We drove a great deal and devoted much time to searching
for plants of which I brought back a number of living
specimens to put in my wild garden. On the 12th we
crossed the Cape to Scargo Hill on the North Shore, on the
13th visited Herring Pond, on the 14th went to Dennis and
thence through dense woods to the shore losing our way
and traversing miles of blind, half-grown-up woods roads along
which Corema conradi[i] grew abundantly in places. One of 
the most conspicuous and attractive of the wild flowers
in bloom at this season was the yellow aster. Tephrosia
was common but of course out of bloom. The butterfly 
or orange milkweed was seen in several places but it is
much less numerous in this region than I had supposed.
Partridge pea was abundant along the roadside near Scargo Hill.
Post Oaks were common in several places. I saw all our other
common New England oaks except the red and Swamp white.
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  Birds were rather scarce. In the open pitch pine woods I heard
Pine Warblers, Wood Pewees and Chipping Sparrows singing and
saw (on the 13th) a Hermit Thrush. I saw only one Meadow Lark
during my stay (and but two or three during the journey from
& to Boston) and I did not see nor hear a Quail. A few
Wilson's Terns visited the Bass River daily and on the 13th
I saw a dozen or more as well as several Least Terns
flying over Herring Pond. Night Herons in small numbers
came into the marshes along the river at evening.
Grass Finches were exceedingly scarce and I found no
Yellow-winged Sparrows. 
[margin]Birds[/margin]
[margin]Scarcity of
Meadow Larks[/margin]
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