Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1874.
a theory that at this season they run & feed all
over the thicket in which they are
found and I was quite firmly impressed
with that idea today as the dogs
seemed to find scent everywhere in those
covers when we started birds and in
no place did we find droppings concen-
trated to that extent which they are
when the cock is resident in the
locality. Saw Spizella monticola in
numbers, for the first time.
  Oct. 16 [October 16, 1874]
Clear and rather warm. Started in my 
buggy at 9 A.M. with H. Gardner and
drove up to the Warren run. Beat
for two or three hours but saw nothing
except three or four grouse, and fired
only one shot the whole morning.
Saw a single Aegiothus linaria and
several Dend. palmarum [Dendroica palmarum] which by
the way I noticed for the first time
yesterday at Concord where several
small flocks were observed. Got back
to the house at about 2 P.M. E. Ingersoll
got home last night. Saw about 200 Molothrus pecoris
and shot 4.
  Oct. 17 [October 17, 1874]
Clear and warm with S. [south] wind. Started
for the Warren run at 8 A.M. taking Dart.
Hunted a little & put up three grouse
but spent most of my time collecting.
Took 7 D. palmarum [Dendroica palmarum] 1 Vireo solitarius
and 2 Turdus pallasii. Saw also Parula
Am. [Parula americana] D. coronata [Dendroica coronata] (not many) Regulus