CONCORD. 
To Concord with. Bodies by 6.36 A.M, train. On 
the way over to Porter’s Bodies saw three birds in the 
Observatory grounds which he is nearly sure were Pine 
Linnets. They were bending down over laroh cones, extract¬ 
ing the seeds. 
On reaching the Manse we took my Rushton boat 
from the boat-house whsre it has lain all winter and prepared 
to start down river. While thus engaged we heard or saw a 
pair of White-bellied Nuthatches, a pair of Downy Wood¬ 
peckers, several Song Sparrows and Redwings, one Meadow 
Lark, Robins, and, in the distance, Fox Sparrows. The Wood¬ 
peckers were on the river bank. The male drummed several 
times when the female appeared and joined him. The Nut¬ 
hatches were creeping and scrambling about on a large ash 
near the North wall. 
We paddled down river to Hunt's Pond, hearing many 
Song Sparrows and our little party of Tree Sparrows in full 
song. At Hunt’s Pond we landed and walked back over the 
fields to a hollow where we found a flock of fully fifty 
Redwings, all males. On seeing us they flew into an oak 
and at once burst into a ringing chorus or medley of singing 
as is their habit at this season. At a little distance some 
of their notes resembled so strongly the honking of Geese 
that we both thought at first that Geese were reallj calling 
in the distance. 
