CONCORD. 
Ball’s 
Hill. 
^893 
^he 7 
The 
Thrasher* s 
hatch 
Evening 
walk to 
Sunset 
Pasture 
To Ball* s Hill at 9 A. M. sailing down in company 
with the Buttricks who spent the day with me. 
The river was more "beautiful than I have seen it 
before this season, owing to the transparent air and calm 
water. 
On reaching the house, Mr. Buttrick picked up 
half the shell of a Thrasher's egg directly in front of my 
door. Fearing some accident to the nest which is near the 
path about 50 yards from the house I went to it but found 
the bird sitting. On starting her off I found that the three 
eggs had all hatched. I looked at them last about noon on 
the 5th, The young to-day seemed very large for birds not 
more than two days from the shell and were already covered 
with large patches of blackish, hairy down. The old bird has 
become so confiding that she will almost let me touch her on 
the nest and on being driven off she no longer makes any 
sound, although she used to scold me roundly. 
Returned to the Buttricks* to tea. At 7 P. M. 
took a walk with Tolman to Cyrus Clark's and into a pasture 
beyond. Several Grass Finches and Field Sparrows singing. 
The evening very calm and beautiful. Crickets chirping 
almost as freely as in September. I heard them first about a 
week ago. 
