CONCORD. 
1898 
June 12 
The day was chiefly taken up with visitors of vh ich 
we had an unusual number. The Buttricks came to dinner, the 
Spelmans called on their way down river, Will Bartlett 
stopped to tell me of an Orchard Oriole that he had seen 
and heard near the Minute Man. Despite these interruptions, 
I got three good walks in the woods. 
At about 9 A. M. a Golden-winged Warbler sang three 
or four times in the maples over the boat landing in front 
of the cabin. 
At daybreak this morning and from a little after 
sunset until I went to sleep, the "Kicker" was chanting his 
merry little song in the Great Meadow. I heard it very many 
times to great advantage for the bird was nearer than he has 
been on former occasions and the air was perfectly still. 
The number of ki notes varied from five to seven or eight. 
(it is very difficult to count them, they are given so rapidly). 
Their delivery is sometimes smooth with even intervals, some¬ 
times halting with the intervals varying greatly in length. 
The voice of this bird is somewhat grating and harsh through¬ 
out, the terminal cheer being especially so. 
Visiting the Creeper's nest this morning, I found that 
the eggs had not only hatched but that the young were already 
quite ls.rge and covered with dark-colored pin feathers. The 
female was about. 
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