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Leonard 
Frogs 
croaking for 
first time 
Snow goinp; 
fast . HJce 
leaves the 
meadows. 
in front and the legs behind looking exceedingly like a 
Red-throated Diver. Before it left the water I saw distinctly 
that its neck was light or faded chestnut, its throat 
ashy, its crown dark brown. It finally realig’hted further 
up the meadows but when I reached the place it had dis¬ 
appeared. 
In the me ado?/ at the edge of the woods just east 
of the old orchard on the Barrett farm Hylas and Wood 
Frogs were in full cry late this afternoon. Judging by the 
volume of sound, there must have been very many of them. 
I also heard dozens of Leopard Frogs, around the edges of 
the river meadows. This is the first time I have heard 
the Leopard Frogs this season. 
In a shallow ditch near Dakin's Hill I saw a large 
newt swimming among some water plants. 
The snow has disappeared rapidly the past few days 
and there was but little left in the 3 a rrett woods this 
afternoon. The ice went out of the meadow opposite the 
cabin on the night of the 11th. The grass is very green 
in places near the village but the fields are as brown 
as in early March throughout the Ball's Hill region. 
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