Song of R. satrapa [Regulus satrapa] Branta Canadensis - flock of 4 mig. [migrants] Camb. [Cambridge]
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts] Carpodacus purpureus - male singing - Camb. [Cambridge]
1876. Passer domesticus - building Camb. [Cambridge]
(March 28. [March 28, 1876]) sticks which the birds had dropped.
Among the pines I noticed a little
flock of Regulus satrapa, the males
singing at frequent intervals exactly
as in Me [Maine]. This song is rather pretty,
and commencing like D. tigrina's [Dendroica tigrina] ends
like H. ruficapilla's [Helminthophila ruficapilla]. Starting homeward
we reached Watertown late in the afternoon.
On the road back I shot three Sialias
and Frazer a crow. We also saw four
Branta Canadensis flying in single
file toward the N. [north]. The leading bird was
noticeably much larger than the following
ones of which the last was the smallest.
  Wenesday [Wednesday]
March 29 [March 29 1876] Clear and warm. Ther. [Thermometer] 60 [degrees] max. temp. [maximum temperature]. Spent
the day in town but made two observations
worth recording before going in; one,
a purple finch in full song in Mr.
Choate's garden, the other, a large flock
of Branta Canadensis  which attracted
my attention by their gabbling as
they drifted high overhead before a
strong S. [south] wind. Both yesterday and
to day a large flock of blackbirds (2
purpureus [Quiscalus purpureus] & Aegelaius [Agelaius phoeniceus]) have haunted
our field spending most of their
time on the ground but occasionally
mounting to the tree tops and setting up
their discordant chorus.
Passer domesticus is everywhere engaged
in nest building and the males
are now if possible more noisy
and offensively disagreeable than usual.