page [14] 1 Jun 1901 (seq. 16)

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A Trip to Concord, Mass.
1901
June 1

I took the 11.30 A.M. train for Concord, leaving M.
on the train to go to Lancaster. At Concord I took
the electric to W. Bedford and was rowed over the
swollen river to the cabin where I met Will
and where I stayed till the next afternoon. In spite
of the recent bad weather and the cloudy day
it did not rain. Will was engaged part of the
afternoon with some men but later we walked up
to the Barrett Farm and inspected the buildings
especially the new farm house in construction. I
collected some ♂ {male} flowers of a Quercus prinoides which
is about ten feet high. The season of migration
is nearly over, but we saw a good many birds
which I shall list at the end of my notes on
this trip. I saw a Humming Bird on her nest
in the big elm by the Barrett House. The nest
was about 20 ft. above the ground.

Will showed me a nest and young of a [Nest and
5 young
Cottontails]
Cottentail Rabbit. The location was in the
orchard between the Barrett House and the new
Farm House and was about 20 rods from the
latter where men were constantly at work
hammering and the like. The site was but
about 10 rods from the road. The nest was a
small hole about the size of the crown of a
hat and about 3 or 4 inches deep. The opening
was about 4 inches across, a slight excavation
having been made under the sod or turf. The
hole was deftly plugged up with a handful
of dried grass, and though the spot was
absolutely exposed to view, there being no tall