Gall inula Kale at a. ( ? ). 
Sudbury Marshes, Way land, Mass. 
1387 , m the meadow between the two bridges I heard two bird 
June 6. notes quite new to me. One which came every few seconds from 
a tangled morass of flags, cat-tails, and button bushes on 
the margin of the river was a quavering coo very like that of 
the tame pigeon, a coo -ho o -ho o , sometimes o op -ho P_ -hoo.-hoo .. 
I thought it might be a Gallinule. This cry ceased as I 
sailed past but was soon renewed and continued until nearly 
dark . 
The other stranger was in a dense bed of canary grass 
into which I pushed the canoe to rest and enjoy the sights 
and sounds connected with the sunset hour. While sitting here 
perfectly still some bird within a few yards of me began call- 
ing Kloc-Kloc-hloo . very much like a hen but in harder tones. 
Could it have been a Least Bittern? (I heard another the 
following day). 
1338. in tall canary grass standing in water a foot or more 
June 16. deep we heard on the right side of the river and about 20 yds. 
in from its margin the same bird that I noted during my last 
visit, June, 1887: oluck-clucK-clucK- clucK it called every 
few seconds, the tone of the sound very like that of a cluck- 
ing hen, the notes all on one Key and without special accent. 
Faxon heard this mystery in this same month last year. There 
seems to be only one each year. We could think of nothing 
but a Gallinulei 
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