Troglodytes hyemalis - Hes. leucopus [Hesperomys leucopus]
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts] Icterus Baltimore
1875.
Nov. 13 [November 13, 1875] Clear still and mild with S. [south] wind. Off
after dinner with Danielson, driving up
to Chenery's where we put up the horse.
Beat first the line of swamps behind his
farm and started two grouse, both of
which Shot pointed handsomely. Both
[delete]fired[/delete] of us fired at the second bird as
it rose and at the last shot it mounted
into the air to a surprising height
and flew [delete]till[/delete] fairly out of sight.
Next beat up the long valley behind
Brown's without starting anything. Saw
several T. Pallasii [Turdus pallasii] and Pas. iliaca [Passerella iliaca] here.
Came back by way of Prospect St.
and beat some distance down the
Belmont run until finally giving up,
we were about starting for the team
when I heard the sharp tick of a
winter wren (T. hyemalis) [Troglodytes hyemalis] and immediately
[detete]star[/delete] set out in pursuit. Finally getting 
a shot at him as he hopped up for
an instant on top of a stone wall
I fired, killing him and starting
up a bevy of about 10 quail which
rose from the further side of the
wall almost directly under where
he had been sitting. It was now
almost dusk and we followed them
but a shot distance and found
only a single bird which Shot pointed
in an open field, and pointed so
steadily that it was with difficulty that
I induced him to go on. As the bird rose
I fired both barrels but missed in the
uncertain light. Picked up a pretty little
Hesperemes leucopus in gray pelage & dead.
[margin]A fine adult Icterus Baltimore was shot to day at Wellesley & sent to C.J. Maynard. It was in perfect plumage & good condition and showed no signs of injury of any kind[/margin]