Concord, Mass.
1914.
March 17
to
May 31
(No 7)

  Deer were exceedingly scarce. I saw fresh tracks of a large doe
in the Berry Pastures in April and those of another (or perhaps the same)
in Birch Field late in May but obtained no other evidence of their
presence. Nor were any seen by the men (or tracked by them) last winter.
  I saw one or two Chipmunks at Ball's hill but none at the Farm
where they were completely exterminated by Cats last year. Two Red
Squirrels there in March of this year probably met the same fate later
as I failed to see or hear them after May 1 [May 1, 1914]. Gray Squirrels were as
numerous there as usual early in the season but towards its close
they, too, were evidently disappearing fast. As I actually saw one
(of the largest size) caught & killed by a cat in front of the house
on April 27 [April 27, 1914] & as Zeph reported seeing another which a Cat was
carrying home along the road it seems probable that their decrease
must have been caused by these feline depredators although they
do not appear to [?] suffer much in such a way in
Cambridge.