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Ball*s Hill 
Birds 
Fox catches 
a 11 drummer 11 
Grouse 
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Q[n the forenoon I sailed my "Stella Maris" down to 
Ball’s Hill where I spent about half an hour giving directions 
to Pat and then returned in time for dinner. I saw very few 
birds along the river, in fact nothing hut a Goldfinch and 
two small flocks of Titlarks hut there were some Song, Swamp 
and White-throated Sparrows in the brush next the river in front 
of my cabin and several Robins, Chickadees and two Black-poll 
Warblers among the oaks on the south slope of Ball's Hill. 
In the afternoon drove with C, to Nine Acre Corner 
across by way of the Conant Road to Lee's Bridge and around 
through Lincoln past Sandy Pond and home. A few Jays, a 
Grass Finch, and a flock of about 40 Crows with a small flock 
of Rusty Grackles were the only birds notedTJ 
At Ball's Hill yesterday I saw where a Fox had 
killed a Partridge and eaten it. To-day I examined the remains 
carefully. There were a pile of intestines and the stomach, 
one foot and leg, and the terminal end of one wing with pri¬ 
maries attached., be sides of course a, great heap of feathers. 
All these lay in a heap within 2 feet of a stone wall. Nearly 
above the spot on the top of the wall was a pile of Par¬ 
tridge excrement. This, I think, was where the bird had been 
in the habit of drumming,for its tail feathers and large 
ruffs indicated clearly that it was an old male. There were 
