Concord, Mass.
1901.
June 29
  Clear and intensely hot. Ther: 97 degrees in Boston.
  Left Cambridge at 4 P.M. and went to Concord, by
electric as far as Lexington, on the Steam road the remainder
of the way. Waldo and Harry Forbes were on the train &
they are to spend Sunday with me here. We found
a fresh breeze blowing across the river and when we walked
to the Barrett Meadow after supper the air was deliciously cool.
Birds were singing freely. As twilight fell a "Kicker"
(Porzana jamaicensis?) began singing in the meadow beyond
Beaver Dam Lagoon. Presently another, much nearer, joined
in and shortly afterwards a third was heard in the
extreme distance beyond the other two. Two of the birds
had normal songs; the third frequently omitted the terminal
"crow" and sometimes gave the ki-ki note eight or ten
times in quick succession. We listened to them a long
time. When we left they had apparently stopped singing
although it was not then quite night.
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