Myiarchus crinitis, Emp. flaviventris [Empidonax flaviventris]
Ampelis cedrorum, 2nd arrival.
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1875 May 24 - 1875
May 24 [May 24, 1875] and found a large shapeless mass
of dry grasses collected on a little
rise of the meadow but the [female] at this
moment perceiving me I retired
afraid of exciting her suspicions;
she came up within fifteen paces
and squealed at me loudly and
seemed to lose all fear in her
indignation at my intrusion. I 
think the flight of warblers is nearly
over. Yesterday noon I heard a [male]
Hel. peregrina [Helminthophila peregrina] singing in full blast
in our garden. Saw a [male] Myiarchus 
crinitis today at Waverley and fired
two shots at him from the pistol
without success. Heard D. maculosa [Dendroica maculosa]
& My. Canadensis [Myiodioctes canadensis] both singing; their
songs are very similar & equally emphatic:
that of the latter differs in being more
broken. Shot a [male] D. Blackburniae [Dendroica blackburniae] &
heard another singing. Saw a [female] wild
pigeon at Waverley. Towne found a
nest of this bird at Weston with an
egg, on the 22 inst. [May 22, 1875]. The Emp. flaviventris [Empidonax flaviventris]
was among cedars & was very tame & entirely
silent. Ampelis cedrorum appeared in
numbers today after the usual absence.
Saw & heard numbers of Curvirostra Am. [Curvirostra Americana]
& Chry. pinus [Chrysomitris pinus]. Chry. tristis [Chrysomitris tristis] is now
paired & in full summer plumage.
  The apple trees are in blossom &
the forest trees were today quite
thick with incipient foliage - Sat.
May 22 [Saturday, May 22, 1875] they were as bare as in
winter.



