the Thoreau Log.
17 May 1852. Concord, Mass.

Thoreau writes in his journal:

  My seringo-bird is reddish-brown with a spot on the breast and other marks, two whitish lines on back, and some white in tail; runs in the grass, so that you see nothing of it where the grass is very low; and sings standing on a tuft of grass and holding its head up the while.

  P.M.—To Loring’s Pond.

  Decidedly fair weather at last; a bright, breezy, flowing, washing day. I see that dull-red grass whose blades, having risen above the surface of the water . . .

(Journal, 4:60-62)

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