Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1874.
Prospect St. Old Dart struck the
scent of a bevy before we had beaten
500 yards and after roading them 
handsomely for 1/4 of a mile came
down to his point on the edge of 
a little meadow. Getting him on 
with much difficulty a bevy of 
at least twenty five birds got up. I had a
good double shot but only killed one
bird. I fired both barrels without success.
Following them up I killed two
more and a grouse. [delete]C. 1 quail[/delete] Total
quail 3, rf. grouse [ruffed grouse] 1. Charlie [Charlie Carter] killed
1 quail. The bevy scattered so badly
when it first rose that we only
found a very few of its numbers
again. Saw numbers of Aeg. linaria [Aegiothus linaria]
in the birches. Reached the house
by 1 P.M. Took a drive in P.M. and 
stopping for a few moments at dusk near
the Block Island meadow I heard
at least two snipe and I thought more.
  Oct. 27 [October 27, 1847] Morning clear but cloudy with light
showers in the afternoon. Very warm &
Close. Spent the forenoon in the house.
At 2 P.M. started off with Charlie C. &
Barstow for a quail shoot and after 
putting up our horses, Charlies at Cotton's
and mine at Brown's, we struck up 
the run. Started nothing for a long
time except two grouse one of
which I killed by a hard snap shot
through scrub oaks. After hunting on