Collurio borealis
1875
Nov. 20 [November 20, 1875] Rained hard last night and cleared off
the morning. Started off with 
Eustis at 8.30 and drove up to Cotton's
where we put up the horse. Beat
carefully all the runs behind his
place but started nothing except
two grouse, a bevy of 4 or 5 quail
and three rabbits. I made a double
shot on the quail (starting them
myself unexpectedly among some
high bushes) missed a shot each at
a rabbit & grouse, and killed a
rabbit. Eustis did not fire a shot.
Afterwards beat over to and behind
Chenery's without seeing anything.
W.B. [William Brewster] quail 2. rabbit 1 Saw a fine Collurio borealis
  Sunday
Nov. 21 [November 21, 1875] Went into Boston this P.M. and called
on Mr. Chas. B. Cory. He showed me
a collection of some 1000 skins made
by him on the Nile in Egypt.
He had also a fair collection of N.A. [North American]
skins including a number of rare
species. Among other things I noticed
a young [male] Bucephala Islandica
showing in faint tracery, the
white lunate spot on the head.
  Pine grosbeaks and redpolls
are reported in small numbers
Turdus migratorius I see every
day in small numbers. Have 
noticed no large migrating flocks of
them this fall.