Pas. iliaca [Passerella iliaca] Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1875 March 30- 1875
March 30. [March 30, 1875] through Waverley and Belmont this
P.M. At "the willows" found S. ferrugineus [Scolecophagus ferrugineus]
and A. phoeniceus [Agelaius phoeniceus] in abundance the
latter singing everywhere over the broad
meadows. On the way back saw a single
Pas. iliaca [Passerella iliaca] by the roadside
  April 2 [April 2, 1875] The warmest day we have had. Ther [Thermometer] 64 [degrees]
at noon with high S. [south] wind. Off after
breakfast striking up into the swamps,
[delete]Heard[/delete] and taking "Shot" with me. Near
the reservoir heard a Sayornis fuscus the
first. In the fields at the foot of the lane
found a large flock of Pas. savanna [Passerculus savanna]
and heard one of them sing faintly.
Approaching the brickyard swamps
I found them fairly swarming 
with birds. Mel. melodia [Melospiza melodia] singing from
every bush, A. phoeniceus [Agelaius phoeniceus] scattered about
everywhere and in one little thicket a
few Spiz. monticola [Spizella monticola] in full song &
among them a single Pas. iliaca [Passerella iliaca] which
occasionally sang a few hurried snatches
of his wild rich song. Afterward in another
place I heard one singing with full
power. While watching and listening
in this place I saw a bird coming
straight for me with direct & steady
flight. I took it for a field plover, but
as it came within range I pulled
on it and missed clean with one barrel-
the other cartridge missing fire- then
as it turned back with a hoarse familiar
scaipe, scaipe I recognized at once