1891
April 7
Mass.
Watertown. - Drove around Mt. Auburn and to 
Watertown this morning. Song Sparrows and three 
Bluebirds on the Coolidge Farm; Juncos, perhaps 
half-a-dozen. Three Meadow Larks near Watertown
[?] Farm. Looked for Mockingbird at Pratt Place 
but  could [?] hear nothing of him.
Belmont Lexington At 4 P. M. started to drive to 
Lexington where Faxon is to show us a singing
Woodcock this evening. Saw almost no birds until
I reached the Willows where there was a large
band of Tree Sparrows. Near the western end I 
counted 34 Crows in pairs & little clusters feeding 
along the edge of the marsh. This place has 
a strange attraction for them.
  I did not see a single robin until reaching
the outskirts of Lexington when they became
suddenly numerous.
  After tea Faxon and I started out to hear the
Woodcock. We crossed a meadow and climbed a
steep, high hill on the summit of which is a 
pasture dotted with cedars & ground juniper one
 bird was [?] when we came within hearing at 
6:25. My expression on this occasion is so fully 
in my systematic notes that I will
not refer to it here.
  At sunset one or two Song Sparrows and a 
Robin were singing. It was cold on the  
hill-top and we were thoroughly chilled when 
we left and started for the house.