Jan'y 12
(No 2)
Watertown, Massachusetts
  At 3 P.M. George brought my horse and sleigh
and we took a short drive through Watertown
and back around Mt. Auburn.
  A flock of sixteen Grosbeaks, coming from the
direction of the Adams place, passed overhead 
and alighted in a tall ash which, however, was
perfectly barren of fruits.
[margin]Grosbeaks[/margin]
  In a field opposite the Adams place on
the covers of School Street, seven Juncos were
feeding on the heads of brown weeds that
projected above the surface of the snow, running 
on flitting from stalk to stalk, making a
pretty winter picture.
[margin]Juncos[/margins]
  There were five Song Sparrows similarly engaged
among brown weeds on the edge of a field where
the road crosses Arsenal Brook.  It is unusual
to see so many together at this season and I
had to leave the road and wade knee deep
through the snow for several rods in order
to fully satisfy myself that they were not
Tree Sparrows. I distinctly made out the 
characteristic markings of each individual
before they took the alarm and flew into
the alders along the brook.
[margin]Song Sparrows[/margins]
 There were more Sparrows, which I took
for S. monticola but which I did not 
identify, in a weed-grown field on Coolidge
Avenue.