Porzana .1 amaice n si.- , ( ? ) . 
Concord, Mass. The 11 Richer " reappears on Great Meadow. 
1398 . On the evening of May 18th I heard soon after dark what 
May 21. i felt nearly sure was our friend the "Kicker" ( Porzana (?) 
.i aria icons is ) and on the two following nights the same bird was 
singing in the sane place - the lower end of Great Meadow a- • 
bout opposite Benson' s landing. On all three occasions the 
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wind and the clamor of the Toads and Progs made it difficult 
to get the full song and as I missed the terminal "crow" I 
thought it possible that the notes were uttered by the Vir- 
ginia Rail although I have not heard this bird give more than 
two "kiks" . wher*as this call had at least five or six. But 
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to-night at about 11 P.M. the whole song cane distinctly to 
my ears as I lay in bed and I heard a dozen times or more the 
k i -k i -K i -k i - k i -ke e r of our mysterious nocturnal songster which 
was so abundant in Middlesex County in the spring of 188o and 
which I heard the following summer at Falmouth and here at 
the cabin in June, 1892. Evidently he has again taken up his 
residence in the Great Meadow. Thus far I have not once heard 
him until night has fairly closed in. 
