1902.
May 5
(No. 2)
(May 3)
  In Holden's hill meadow I heard the other evening
a double note something like phu-e of a
Quail or the eia-e of the Carolina Rail but yet different
from both these calls. It was given only once & very
near me - within twenty yards certainly. At the time
I set it down for some unusual call of a Hyla. To-night
I heard it again - six or eight times at intervals of
half-a-minute or more, in the little meadow at
the western end of Ball's Hill, On both occasions
it mingled with the voices of hundreds of Hylas
but this evening I had a good chance to study
it critically and I quickly came to the conclusion 
that it was the note of some bird that was in
the marsh. It was distinctly Rail-like yet too
different from any Rail voice known to me to be
referred to any of one common species. I cannot imagine
what it could have been made by unless by a
Yellow Rail. I certainly have never heard it before.
A strange bird note
  The Hylas were making a tremendous din this
evening. There were also a good many Leopard Frogs
snoring and a few Toads trilling while a Bull Frog
trumped once in sonorous tones.
Frogs
First Bull Frog
  I saw the first Dragon Fly to-day. It was
skimming about in a pasture & looked like the big
species so common in upland fields & wood springs
in late August.
First Dragon Fly
  Strange to say I have heard no Rails since the 1st.
The bitterns were silent to-day. Mosquitos numerous this evening.
62.