1878
June 19. Concord, Mass -
Wednesday. Clear and hot. Started
after breakfast with Hump. [Humphrey] Buttrick
and drove first to John Moore's
meadow where I shot a young C. [Coturniculus]
henslowi. Thence thro' Lincoln woods
to Sandy pond where I took the 
nests recorded below and found one of
T. [ Turdus] fuscescens with young. Humphrey shot
a black snake five feet long: dozens
of birds were gathered about it making
a great outcry. On our return stopped
again at the meadow & I shot another
Henslow's sparrow.
Took - birds C. [Coturniculus] henslowi, 2 - 1st [?] [male] - [female].
Nests - Vireo olicaceus- 1 - 3 eggs. Pyranga
rubra one, 3 eggs. At 4 P.M.
Joined Carry & Lizzy on the river & rowed
down to "the tent" where we took tea.
The "Great Meadows" were lovely at
sunset: - a perfect sea of waving
green with long reaching shadows from 
the isolated trees and hills about. Drove
to Carlyle with Jim in the evening &
called at George Robbins.
1878
June 20. Concord Mass-
Thursday. Very hot. After breakfast
C [Carry] and I rowed down river to
the tent where we spent the
forenoon. I shot a Vireo gilvus
with my pistol. Many birds were 
feeding large young. It is a never failing 
source of astonishment to me - the
briefness of the breeding season.
After dinner at Miss. Barrett['s] I
took a short horseback ride on "Jimmy"[.]
After supper we drove up to the
Buttricks, made a short call and
then started for Cambridge at
7.45. Took with us a Sheldrake
M. [Mergus] merganser ad [adult] 1) which Wm. [William] Buttrick
caught alive in a field behind his
house (June 18). At Sandy pond
I let the poor creature go. It had
probably been wounded as it could
only flop along the surface. When
far out into the pond it settled
into the water, cutting a bright
silvery ripple in the gloom. Reached
Cambridge at 10.30 P.M.