1893. 
Oct. 31.                                           
Concord, Mass.
           Clear and cold with moderate N.W. wind.
           To Carlisle at 8 A.M. Melvin returned to Newton last even-
ing but Mr. Robbins agreed at once to go with me to-day. We drove
to Gallagher's and spent the forenoon beating the ground there-
about putting up six Partridges. Four of them were together
among dense young pines on the edge of an opening. They rose
one after the other in quick succession and I fired three shots
missing with the first two (which were not good chances) and
killing the third bird, at which Mr. Robbins also fired. The
afternoon was spent about Robbin's Mills where we started 11
Partridges. Don pointed one in a pasture where it burst sudden-
ly out from some trailing blackberry vines withing a yard of me
giving me a perfectly open and very easy shot. Another rose from
some bushes on the border of a brook but although I had a very
good shot I missed. A moment later a third bird started and
flew past me over Mr. Robbins - we both fired and the bird fell.
After this we tramped for hours through the densest covers flush-
ing a number of wild birds but getting only one difficult shot, 
which I missed. Heard a Red-tailed Hawk uttering the Blue-Jay-
like scream and saw a Hairy Woodpecker and a Yellow Red-poll
Warbler. There were few small birds about today. A small
flock of Robins, two Juncos, several Fox Sparrows, a number of
Tree Sparrows, two Hermit Thrushes and a few Jays being all that