Emp. Traillii [Empidonax traillii]. Nests of T. mustelinus [Turdus mustelinus]
Coc. erythropthalmus [Coccyzus erythrophthalmus] Pipilo eryth. [Pipilo erythrophthalmus]  Tringoides
macularius and D. Penn. [Dendroica pensylvanica]
Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts] 
1875.
May 31. [May 31, 1875] The Pipilo likewise sat very close, [delete]but[/delete]
quietly stealing off the nest when I was
within some 4 ft. [feet] of it but without making
use of any subterfuge to draw me away.
When she thought I had discovered the
nest she set up an angry che-wink &
came quite near me again but upon my
retiring her fears seemed to be allayed
at once. I afterwards found a nest of
Coc. erythrop. [Coccyzus erythrophthalmus] with the [female] sitting upon
one egg. Also found a wood thrush's 
nest with 4 eggs. Both birds kept flitting
about me anxiously but with their 
habitual shyness, disappearing upon
my slightest movement. The nest was
about 7 feet up in a small elm, not in
a fork as usual but plastered against
the side of the tree with an under support
contributed by numerous clusters of small
twigs which diverged from the main stem.
Found also 4 nests of Dend. Penn. [Dendroica pensylvanica] nearly
ready for the eggs. Shot only a Turdus
mustelinus [male] (of the nest) & Hirundo
horreorum [female]. Canada flycatchers were
everywhere in abundance, I must have
seen & heard 20, & I think the migration
of that species & D. striata [Dendroica striata] is now at
its height. Heard the pip of Emp. Traillii [Empidonax traillii]
in Mr. Spelman's garden this morning
but could not get a sight at the bird
Saw also [delete]a[/delete] Zon. albicollis [Zonotrichia albicollis] again today.
Had a fine shot at a [male] marsh hawk
but as it was within a mile of
any nest I let him pass. The cherry 
apple & pear blossoms have all fallen