Friday, November 12, 1869.
  Clear and pleasant.
Ther. about 26[degrees] - 38[degrees] - 
30[degrees]. Rose at 5 A.M.
and went down to
Fresh pond. Saw nothing
but a Grebe that has
been in the pond for some
time. Got home at
9 A.M. They have taken
all their boats in except
the fishing boats. After
breakfast went out on the
farm and took Paser. Iliaca
four; Throg Hyemalis, one
Spizella Pusilla, one.
In the P.M. set a number
of bird traps.
Podalymbus Podiceps,
one has inhabited a cove
in Fresh pond for over a
month. He is probably
wounded.
Saturday, November 13, 1869.
  Clear and quite warm.
Ther. about 30[degrees] - 50[degrees] - 
34[degrees]. Rose as usual.
After breakfast went out
on the farm and took
two Winter Wrens.
After getting in, skinned
my three Wrens, a Woodcock,
and a Partridge. After
lunch had Tiger har-
nessed and rode up into
Waltham. Shot a Winter
Wren and then got up
two Cock, one of which
I shot and chased the
other about till it was
pitch dark. Got home at
6 P.M.
Philohila Minor, started two
on a hillside.
Scolecopl Ferrugeneus, saw one.
Throglodytes Hyemalis, shot
three today.