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Concord, Mass.
Spring and early summer.
1913.

102.  Greater Yellow-legs. About 10 A.M. on May 20 [May 20, 1913] I heard, while at 
the Farm, the rolling flight call of this species coming from the far 
distance eastward. At 5 P.M. that day I heard the ordinary whistle
as I was passing through Birch Field. No doubt this species would 
have been noted much oftener had I spent more time about the 
river this spring.

103.  Solitary Sandpiper. During a canoe trip down river on May 17 [May 17, 1913]
S.O. Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter] & his brother saw at least seven Solitary Sandpipers 
between Flint's Bridge and Ball's Hill. I did not encounter.
any this season.

104.  Spotted Sandpiper. May 4 - July 2. Less common than usual.
There seemed to be only a single pair near Ball's Hill.
I did not go much further up river this season.

105.  Virginia Rail. On the evening of June 20 [June 20, 1913] I heard the pig-note of 
this species given once or twice in the marsh just across the river from 
the cabin on Ball's Hill. A few evenings later it was heard again 
- on a date I failed to record.

106.  Carolina Rail. At 6.30 P.M. on May 8 [May 8, 1913] a Sora was in 
full, continuous song somewhere near the middle of Great Meadow 
whence his sweet, plaintive er-e notes came distinctly to my 
ears as long as I stood listening for them on the shore at 
Benson's Knoll. Either this same bird of [or] another of the same 
species was heard singing near the mouth of Cemetery Brook 
on May 17 [May 17, 1913] by S.O. Dexter. The Great Meadows were not 
in good condition for marsh-nesting birds of any kind this 
spring being twice submerged for a considerable period.