Dend. striata [Dendroica striata], Emp. flaviventris [Empidonax flaviventris]
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1875.
Sept. 6 [September 6, 1875] Clear and pleasant. Off for the swamps with
Stone [William Stone] immediately after breakfast. Had very
poor luck as a brisk S.W. [southwest] wind made
so much noise among the leaves that it
was impossible to hear anything. On
the flats in Fresh Pond shot two Aeg. sem. [Aegialitis semipalmata]
an E. pusillus [Ereunetes pusillus] & T. minutilla [Tringa minutilla]. In
the woods took an adult [male] Seth. ruticilla [Setophaga ruticilla]
a D. striata [Dendroica Striata] and an adlt [adult male] Cyanospiza
cyanea changing to fall pl. [plumage]. Saw also on
the pond a single Calidris arenaria. Yesterday
(Sunday) P.M. which driving down by the
pond saw two Querquedula discors sitting
on the mud in "Barker's nook" preening
their feathers and tying my horse I walked
down to nearly within gun shot of them.
  Heard to day that a flock of six appeared
on the pond early in the (Sunday) morning
and four of them were shot: these two were 
probably the survivors.
Sept 7 [September 7, 1875] Clear cool and a lovely September day. Rose
at 5 A.M. and started for the swamps. On
the mudflats in the Glacialis pond were
a pair of Gambetta flavipes and whistling them
over to me I shot one and missed a long
shot at the other. A few minutes later I
heard the note of a G. melanoleuca [Gambetta melanoleuca] in the
distance and whistling diligently I soon called
him down to me and killed him. Also
shot a Totanus solitarius flying. In the
willows near the brook I saw an Empidonax
and shooting it found I had killed E. flaviventris [Empidonax flaviventris]
the first time i ever saw it in Autumn: in a