Clstothoms stellaris . 



Concord, liass. Singing at night. 



1898. At the uppRr end of the Holt but very near the river 



June 6. loanX (this evening as I was paddling baclc from Concord to the 

 cabin in the dark) three Short -billed Marsh Wrens were sing- 

 ing, not interruptedly or at wide intervals, as xaost diurnal 

 birds sing when heard at night, but steadily, continuously and 

 with really exceptional vigor while the intervals between the 

 songs were much shorter than I have ever XnoTO then to be in 

 the daytime. The Concord clock struck nine as I sat listening 

 and the night was as dark and rainy as ever, I have little 

 doubt that these Wrens kept up their concert during the re- 

 mainder of the night. 



