Concord, Mass.
1902.
July 6
(No 3)
times bearing food in her bill. On one occasion she
had a large green worm, I think the larva of the 
insect that feeds on the leaves of the white maple.
It is possible, of course, that this Chickadee is a new
comer who has lost her earlier nest (or nests) but now
probable, I think, that she is one of the birds who reared 
their broods successfully last month in this same
immediate neighborhood although I have never heretofore
suspected that the Chickadee is ever "two-brooded".
  The Bull Frogs and Green Frogs are as noisy
as ever and last night a good many Garden Toads
were uttering their thin discordant cry.
Frogs & Toads.
  Mosquitos are still very numerous. Those here now
are much more daring and numerous than the
kind we hear earlier in the season but unlike
the latter they keep to the woods and seldom
or never enter the cabin. Deer flies were also
swarming this afternoon. They are very annoying
when one is walking rapidly but soon depart when
one remains motionless for a few minutes.
Mosquitos.
  Gilbert tells me that he saw a Musk Tortoise
laying her eggs this afternoon.
Musk Tortoise laying.
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