CONCORD. 
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[Starting immediately after breakfast C. and I 
drove up into the north part of the town. We stopped first 
at the ’’Parker Lot" where I tried to find a Woodcock but 
the heat was so great that "Druid" would scarcely hunt at 
all, and I did not succeed in starting anything. Small 
birds were exceedingly numerous, buth there and along the 
roads that we traversed. I saw none of any special in¬ 
terest, however. Most of them were the characteristic 
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and the commoner Sparrows. After trying the bushes on the 
Acton road I gave it up and we returned in time for dinnerl] 
The cornel berries are now conspicuous objects 
by the roadside. The waxen blue clusters of the silky and 
round-leaved species and the white ones of the panicled 
cornel are to be seen everywhere. Cicadas were singing 
freely at noon and the unknown crackling voice had apparently 
taken a new lease of life for I heard it in full vigor 
in many places. 
tdlultL ieW j . Saw two 
yesterday and one this morning. 
Bluebirds 
in 
autumn 
• S [ 4 j 1 C„ i % i'C ( . iL , ) _ -i The Bluebirds are exceedingly 
abundant this autumn, more so than usual, I think. They are 
fond of pastures where are tall mullein stalks, scattering 
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