Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1875.
May 29 [May 29, 1875] during the day also do. [saw quite a number of] Seiurus nov. [Seiurus noveboracensis]
of which latter I shot two. All these
birds have been gone from Cambridge's
vicinity for several days. I found also 
a nest of Cyanura cristata built in
an oak sapling, and containing 3 fresh
eggs. Also a nest of Corvus Am. [Corvus americanus] in a pine,
containing one young bird but a few
days old. Dend. striata [Dendroica striata] is still abundant
everywhere. Maynard found a robin's nest
a few days since built in a stone wall
and containing eggs.
  May 31 [May 31, 1875] Clear and a fine day. Rose at 6 and got
off shortly after driving up to the Wellington
lane where I left my horse and struck
across to the swamp where F.P. Atkinson took
two nests of Accipeter fuscus [Accipiter fuscus] some years
ago. Hunted all the pines most faithfully
but not a nest in any of them, singularly
enough not even an old crow's or squirrel's.
On the way back stumbled upon a nest
of Tringoides macularius containing 2 eggs
& 1 of Pipilo erythropthalmus [Pipilo erythrophthalmus] with 3:
both of these I left for full complements.
The [female] Tringoides was sitting and my first 
warning of her hidden treasure was given
by her tumbling out almost under my feet,
and with drooping wings, tottering legs, and
all the feathers of the rump curiously raised,
she ran some 20 yds yards away where
she was joined by her mate and both
standing motionless looked at me in
perfect silence & with evident apprehension.