D. palmarum [Dendroica palmarum], Turdus Pallasii.
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1875.
Oct. 14 [October 14, 1875] Clear and another lovely day. Took
the 2.15 train to Concord and leaving
my hand bag at the hotel, started
for Hoar's pond where I intended
to lie for ducks. Arrived at the
pond I found the alder swamp
below the dam fairly alive with
birds and spent some time
watching them. A characteristic little
autumnal company was there, composed
 principally of white throated sparrows
and yellow rumps [yellow-rumped warbler] with a fair
sprinkling of D. palmarum [Dendroica palmarum] and
a few hermit thrushes. A low uninter-
rupted rustling in the leaves below
me next caught my attention
and listening intently I heard
the repressed note of a quail. Quickly
changing my shells I put "Shot"
into the alders, but starting as he
did with the impetuous rush of 
setters first send off, he got into the
midst of them before catching the
scent and they flushed out of distance.
Following on down the run the dog
finally came to a steady point and
for some time could not be induced
to move. At length however he put
up the bird, a fine old cock quail
which I doubled up dead at some 25 yds.
At the report another rose and came
out almost in my face but keeping
cool I turned in my tracks and
dropped him also. The rest of 
the bevy now commenced getting