Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1874. Dec. 26- 1874 
Dec. 26 [December 26, 1874] Cloudy and mild. H.W. Henshaw [Henry W. Henshaw]
dropped in immediately after breakfast
and getting ready as soon as
possible we started for "the farm".
Spent the whole forenoon in the
field and had as we usually do,
a very delightful congenial time.
Henry shot seven Pinicola enucleator
and three Aegiothus linaria, the 
latter the first he has ever killed.
I killed a Pinicola flying, and also
shot a very dark Carpodacus purpureus
three of which we saw on the cedar
ridge. Saw also a flock of Chry. pinus [Chrysomitris pinus],
a very large one of the Plec. nivalis [Plectrophenax nivalis], and
the always present Turdus migratorius noted
on the 10th. Aegiothus linaria is now
abundant on that ground. We must
have seen 100 in a single flock, and
in this connection it occurs to me
that a Collurio borealis was sitting on
a bush directly beneath the birch where
they were unconcernedly feeding.
  Dec. 29 [December 29, 1874] Cloudy and threatening with occa-
sional light showers. Cleared off cold
and blustering in P.M. Rose
early and started off with R.B.
Nesbitt [Robert B. Nesbitt] in my buggy at 8. J. Nesbitt [John Nesbitt]
with Mr. Carr accompanied us in
another team and together we drove
up as far as Silver hill station
in Weston where we put up the
horses at at a farm house and