CONCORD 
1892 
April 18 
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rats 
Spent the morning about the place. At 3 P.M. 
Ledum 
started in my Rob Roy canoe for hedmarr swamp. Sailed the 
entire distance excepting two short reaches. 
Saw little of interest until I reached Clam 
Shell Hill where several Savanna Sparrows were flitting 
over the meadow. As I returned at evening one of them was 
singing, A little beyond this hill two Purple Martins 
and a particularly fine Barn Swallow were flying about over 
the river in company with eight White-bellies. 
Ledum 
While I was digging up plants in Le4man swamp 
I heard a Kinglet ( Regulus satrapa) singing in the spruces. 
Crossing a pasture I came upon a flock of ten Yellow Palm 
Warblers skipping about on the smooth turf hundreds of yards 
from any cover. Also saw two Juncos. A fox terrier which 
had been following and barking at me flushed a Partridge 
from the edges of the woods. 
As I started down river a little after sunset 
Swamp Sparrows were singing in the button bushes. About 
30 Red-wings were assembled in the top of a large oak on 
the meadow singing in medley. This is the only large 
flock I have seen. 
I counted nine Musk-rats before I reached the 
Assabet • One came within four feet of me, evidently 
taking the canoe for a log and intending to land on it. 
I saw another dive and bring up a"clam”. 
