84 1872 June 19 Concord, Mass. The pirs went up as far as Fairhaven when we started around for some time and returned getting in at 12. The moon was at its full the night clear and still and everything calm and beautiful. Whip poor wills were singing everywhere and we chased one a long distance through the woods but without success for although we could get nearly under him it was impossible to see him in the deceptive light. Both this bird & E. jupetinus are heard up to midnight. Of diurnal species we heard singing S. canocapillus, M. palustris, M. onobia and Camps simmons. Bostaurus lentic does not appear to sing after dark although we heard numbers after it had begun to grow dusky. A. vociferus sings much less in the open than I supposed: all that we heard were in the woods, apparently high up in the trees. The frogs were in full blast and kept up a great croir: We heard three species Rana pipiens, a small one called H. rossii & Hyla septencoloris has been silent for several weeks. June 29 Took the 2.10 train on the Prov. R.R. out to Richville to attend a (pigeon) shoot there. Found Mr. Henry Pierce at the depot introduced myself and we had quite a pleasant talk on the way out. The shoot was in the park and we suffered much from the heat which was almost overpowering. I and my Uncle's boys and killed three out of four birds in the field.