MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1875.
Oct. 11 [October 11, 1875] Cloudy with E. [east] wind. Rose at 5 A.M.
and meeting Stone at the house, by
appointment went up to the swamps
In the little pond hole in front
of the engine house Shot found &
pointed two rails (P. Carolina) [Pozana carolina] both
of which I shot. Then beat all
the upper meadows but without
moving anything worth a charge
of ammunition.
  [October] 13 [October 13, 1875] Clear and the most perfect day of the
season. Ther. [Thermometer] at sunrise 28 [degrees]: quite warm
at noon. With Stone took the 8.10 train
on the Lowell road and getting off at
W. Bedford [West Bedford] spent the day in the woods
between there and Concord. Our special
object was woodcock but although we
beat all the best of the Eastern ground
we saw not a feather of game excepting
an old cock grouse which we flushed 
late in the P.M. On Dam meadow
found a small flock of larks
(S. magna [Sturnella magna]) and chasing them about
for some time we succeeded in
killing one a fine fall female.
Getting into "Hall's" about the
middle of the afternoon we spent
a pleasant hour sitting on the
edge of the spring, that most delightful
little spot, charming at whatever
season you may visit it. While
here we heard a flock of jays 
at a distance and Stone essayed