Middlesex Co., Mass [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1874 Oct. 6- 1874 [October 6, 1874]
were nearly all I think flight birds
which had dropped in last night
for i found signs in only one or two
places: they lay remarkably well
and flew very strong. We found two
or three of our birds on some spring
ground near A. Hill's. Here I shot
a very large bird which after being
put up once or twice had dropped
into a field of standing corn. Saw
Anthus Ludovicianus and shot
Tringa maculata & E. petrificatus [Ereunetes petrificatus].
Saw numbers of D. coronata [Dendroica coronata] yesterday
It is I think their first arrival.
  Oct. 6 [October 6, 1874]  Clear and warm. Spent most of the
day in town. J. Nesbitt [John Nesbitt] beat the meadows
this morning without seeing a snipe
or indeed any bird worth shooting at.
Regulus satrapa and Certhia familiaris 
arrived to day.
  October 7 [October 7, 1874] Cloudy with chill E. [east] wind. Started for
the meadows at about 9 A.M. Beat
the whole of the large marshes near
Block island without seeing a bird
though in two places I found fresh
signs of snipe. On the way back
went through the brickyard swamp
very thoroughly and had fine sport
bagging 6 rail & 2 snipe in 8 shots.
Shot pointed several of the rail &
behaved well as usual. I think most