Tee-e-e-e. There are several Tree Toads trilling, appar¬ 
ently in trees along the edge of the meadow. Both Quail 
stop whistling about 20 minutes after sunset while the 
light is still good and before any of the other birds be¬ 
come silent. I hear no Bluebirds in this pasture although 
they have been singing freely and well through the day 
at the Buttricks’. 
The following notes were jotted down on the 
spot. 
Birds singing 
7.44 
Twilight deepening. Pewee, Song Sparrow, Robins 
and Grass Finches the only birds singing now. 
at evening 
7.47 
Only the Grass Finches now; their chanting very 
solemn and impressive in the still, sweet 
evening air. 
7.50 
One Field Sparrow (not heard before). Grass 
Finches still singing. 
7.53 
Ca.t-bird sings a few notes, then stops. Pewee 
cheeps. 
7.55 
One Grass Finch, once. 
7.56 
Robin begins singing steadily. 
7.57 
Robin still singing. Grass Finch sings once. 
7.57-| Robin silent. Grass Finch sings. 
Long-eared 
Owl 
7,58 A Robin in a birch behind me utters a loud outcry, 
and turning I see a Long-eared Owl, a smallish 
bird, evidently a male, flying rather heavily, 
its legs hanging down and bearing something in 
its claws. It follows the line of trees along 
Dutton’s lane, keeping just above them and I 
watch it for half a mile or more until it is lost 
to sight against a group of pines near Bow 
Meadow. The flight is straight and lobored, the 
wing-beats nearly incessant with only an occa¬ 
sional interval of sailing. The bird looks much 
like a short-eared Owl but the flight is 
heavier and more direct. 
