MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Massachusetts, Middlesex County]
Arrivals H. horreorum [Hirundo horreorum] - one - Belmt. [Belmont] WB [William Brewster]
Mel. palustris [Melospiza palustris] - g. ar. Camb. [general arrival Cambridge] (Apr. 24) [April 24, 1876] R. Deane [Ruthven Deane]
1876.
(April 26 [April 26, 1876]) the tree were several pellets as usual. There
was no nest material beyond the feathers
The sitting bird examined by F. [Frazar] Sat [Saturday]
was, like the [male] that I saw the same
evening, a gray owl. Last year the bird
with the three young was red.
After leaving here I searched all the
orchards on "Flag staff hill" but found
nothing. Returning home by way of
the pond saw a single H. horreorum [Hirundo horreorum]
Mel. palustris [Melospiza palustris] were seen in numbers
[delete]yesterday by[/delete] on the 24th [April 24, 1876] by R. Deane [Ruthven Deane].
In P.M. drove up to the willows with
Frazar and visited the grove where I
found my Buteo lineatus nest last year
but the nest was pulled down & probably
robbed as F. [Frazar] has seen the birds there
lately. Then visited several likely owl
hole [holes] and found pellets under one but
no bird or nest therein. Saw & heard a
number of R. calendula [Regulus calendula].
  Saturday
April 29 [April 29, 1876] Clear and a lovely day. Took the 7.30 train
for Lincoln intending to hunt for the nest
of the red tailed hawks that I saw near the
depot in 1875. Found the [male] bird sitting on
nearly the same tree where I noticed him
last season and upon nearing the spot
he rose high in the air and sailed for
a long time overhead but I could not
find the nest though I searched all
the woods in the neighborhood. Found
two crows nests, both in the extreme
tops of pines. Both birds started off