CONCORD 
Left the Keyes' this forenoon and moved to the 
I leave the 
Keyes 1 and 
s ettle, at 
Ball's Kill 
The April 
hush begins 
cabin, sailing most of the way with the canoe packed full 
of things. On reaching Ball's Hill found Purdie awaiting 
me. He spent the night. 
Thrushes together, two small flocks (4 or 5 birds) of Junco 
and several Pine Warblers, two of them in an apple-tree 
in the middle of Bensen's farm far from any woods. A 
Grass Finch singing on the Barrett place. Two Tree 
Sparrows near the river. Three Fox Sparrows along the 
path east of the cabin.^ 
The "April hush" has fallen on the land. This 
evening, just before sunset, when Purdie and I walked 
through the fields to Bensen's, not a single bird of any 
kind was heard singing. They began to wax listless 
nearly a week ago and yesterday and to-day there was a 
general silence at all hours. The Pine Warblers sang, 
I leave the 
Keyes ' and 
s ettle^ at 
Ball's Kill 
The April 
hush begins 
however 
