1878
June Belmont Mass -
  Clear and warm.
Off after breakfast with Carry,
spending an hour or two
first in the fields and wood
at the farther end of Prospect St.
Found the second nest of my
D. [Dendroica] discolor within twenty yards
of the first (taken June 4). It
contained 3 eggs. Found also
a nest of D. [Dendroica] pennsylvanica with
2 eggs. Left both for more eggs.
Shot several birds here and found
a nest of S. [Seiurus] aurocapillus with
young. Then drove to the top
of the hill above Cotton's where
I shot several more birds. Here I also
found five or six pairs of Coturnic [Coturniculus]
passerinus breeding. Took
Birds
Coterniculus passerinus - one, female
Vireo olivaceus - two, male & female
Dolichonyx orizivorous - one, male
Pooecetes gramineus - two, male & female
1878
June Belmont, Mass -
  Started off with Carry,
after breakfast. Drove thro' Prospect
St. stopping to take the Prairie
Warbler's nest found yesterday. On
the top of Cotton's hill tried for some
time to shoot a [female] Bobolink but
they were too shy for my pistol.
Then drove thro' the Lane
near Cyrus Wellington[']s and hunted
a little for nests but without
much success as a shower came
up and cut short my labors.
Came home thro' the Willows.
Birds are not as abundant
as usual this season and numer[-]
ous small boys destroy the
more conspicuous nests.
I took to day only
Nests
Vireo olivaceus - one, 4 eggs
D. [Dendroica] discolor - one, 4 eggs