Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
Chrysomitris pinus
1875.
range as I stood awaiting him behind a tree 
trunk. I think that shy birds are 
more or less dazzled by the intense
glare of the sun on the snow these
bright days as I have often noticed
that they are less shy on such occasions. 
Heard a single Chry. pinus, [Chrysomitris pinus] the first 
since early in Jan'y [January 1875]. The sight of
numerous swallows (H. bicolor [Hirundo bicolor]) and 
butterflies (N. Antiopa [Nymphalis antiopa]) flying about [delete][?][/delete] over
the snow covered fields this morning
with grass finches and pine warblers 
in full song presented a most 
interesting and curious anomaly.
The birds appear to have suffered not
at all from the storm though how
such birds as swallows managed 
to procure any food during that time
I cannot comprehend. I forgot to
note a single Spiz. socialis [Spizella socialis] which I
heard singing the [this] morning and 
the first observed since 10th inst. [April 10, 1875]
  April 17 [April 17, 1875] Clear and cool with high N. [north] wind.
Off after breakfast taking "Shot". In the
meadow W. [west] of the "Artificial" started a 
single snipe and fired a long shot at
him without effect. Beat all the 
Belmont ground carefully but 
found no traces of any birds & doubt
if they have struck into that locality
as yet. In fact I do not think that 
we have had any regular flight of
snipe as the meadows in the majority