Concord, 
1898. 
Nov. 6. 
1399. 
May 7. 
Porzana Carolina . 
Mass. 
On the evening of Nov.Srd, on that of the 4th, and again 
this evening, shortly after sunset, when the light was begin- 
ning to fade but the western sky was still aglow I heard Rails 
calling in the flooded meadows. To-night there were at least 
two birds a gunshot or more apart. I suppose they must have 
been Carolina Rails for their notes did not differ materially 
from the ken or kick which this species utters in autumn but 
it is very late in the season for Carolina Rails to be lin- 
gering here. 
Singing at night with peculiar voice. 
Left the Keyes's at 8.15 P.1.1, and reached the cabin at 
8.45. The night was dark, damp and still, the stars very 
bright. Two Carolina Rails and a Virginia were singing in 
Great Meadow. One of the Carol inas I recognized at once as a 
bird which sang in the same place ( about opposite Sensed 1 s 
landing) last year. It has a peculiar voice which I described 
in my journal of last year. 
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