A. phoeniceus [Agelaius phoeniceus] et S. ferrugineus [Scolecophagus ferrugineus] et P. savanna [Passerculus savanna] et H. bicolor [Hirundo bicolor]
Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1875 March 30- 1875
Mar. 30 [March 30, 1875] Clear still and almost uncomfortably
warm. Off after breakfast taking the horse
car up to Tragurs's and striking thence
down over the farm. Had miserably
poor luck firing only one shot, at a 
P. savanna [Passerculus savanna] which I bagged. Saw
 4 Cedar birds all shy as hawks, the
remnant probably of some used up
flock. Song sparrows have about doubled
in numbers since yesterday, and
Aegiothus linaria decreased in a 
corresponding ratio. Most of our
Juncos & tree sparrows have left and
as none have yet come in from the
S. [south] the species are both nearly wanting.
Heard a number of Chry. tritis [Chrysomitris tristis]
in full song, for the first time.
  Bluebirds are as yet comparatively
scarce. Reclining under the lee of the
cedar ridge for a quiet smoke I
found the sun almost uncomfortably
warm. All sorts of insects but principally
coleoptera et diptera were moving about
I also saw the little Tamias striata
both yesterday and this morning.
Arrivals noted this morning were Hirundo
bicolor, 2 near Watrn. Arsenal [Watertown Arsenal]; Scol. ferrugineus [Scolecophagus ferrugineus]
gen. a. one flock 20: A. phoeniceus [Agelaius phoeniceus] several [males]
singing near the salt marsh: Pas. savanna single
bird shot. The change from winter to spring
has passed with almost unparalleled
rapidity: a week ago the mercury nearly at
0 [degrees] and the snow a foot deep - today the
ground two-thirds bare and swallows
blackbirds etc. with us. Took a ride up