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The grass along the hanks was not as dense or tall 
as usual — a fact which may account for the almost total 
absence of Marsh Wrens, only two or three of these birds 
being heard in this meadow. 
In the Wayland Meadow we heard five Marsh Wrens but 
no Bitterns. Eave Swallows were flying about the barn on 
the west bank where the colony bred last year. 
After passing Dudley’s we got a nearly fair and 
very fresh breeze the remainder of the way into Heard’s Pond 
which we entered at about 5 P. M. The remainder of the 
afternoon was spent in sailing about tnis pond. It was most 
exhilars.ting sport, for tne wind, which was now about South, 
was so strong as to raise quite a ”seaQ, on the pond but it / 
was so very steady that we carried our whole sails without 
difficulty. Of course there were few birds noted under 
these conditions but we heard Orioles, Grosbeaks, and other 
common species whenever we approached the shores. I had 
hoped to find the Carolina Grebes which Bangs discovered 
breeding in this pond a few years ago but they must have 
abandoned the place. A Night Heron appeared flying high 
over the woods and quawking soon after sunset. 
Before the sun had disappeared, we landed on a 
wooded promontory on the south shore of the pond and made 
ready for the night. S. pitched his canoe tent on the ground 
which he prepared for a bed by raking together a great quantity 
