Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1875 
March 22 [March 22, 1875] In an almost inconceivably short
space of time he faded from my
sight miles away in the blue ether,
when last seen appearing like a
snow flake, in the distance. The
Corvus proved a male with the testes
swollen to nearly if not quite the
maximum size: the stomach
was filled with cedar berries and
a few larvae. Have not seen
Chry. pinus [Chrysomitris pinus] for a month or
more. Regulus satrapa also became
quite scarce at about the same
date. Eight Curv. Am. [Curvirostra americana] were shot
in W. Newton [West Newton] last week by a friend
of Warrens, and that same gentleman
(Warren) likewise had a snipe (Gal.
Wilsonii [Gallinago wilsoni]) brought to him alive. It
was found by some boys "with its
bill frozen into the mud".
Two male Curv. leucoptera [Curvirostra leucoptera] were
seen by R. Deane [Ruthven Deane], Mch. 21st [March 21, 1875]. They
lit [delete]near a cage[/delete] on the balcony [delete]which[/delete]
near a cage which contained several 
live Aegiothus linaria. Saw about
half a dozen Turdus migratorius
today: they almost entirely disap-
peared with the cedar birds some
three weeks since. A Plec. Lapponicus [Plectrophanes lapponicus]
was taken at Chelsea about two weeks
ago (Goodale) and another nearly the
same time at Portland Com. (Sage)
Sialia sialis has been frequently
reported of late but I can get
no authentic record of its arrival.