D. coronata [Dendroica coronata] still abundant
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1876. Habits of Antrostomus vociferus
Saturday Turdus Swainsoni et Aliciae [Turdus aliciae]. Nest of D. pina [Dendroica pina]
May 13 [May 13, 1876] Clear and a lovely day. Went up on the
farm this morning taking my Stephens
pistol. Shot 14 birds in 19 shots, most of
them very common species of which I
noted a few additional specimens. 
Birds were in great abundance but I
did not see anything very rare.
Among my specimens were Mniotilta 
varia 3, Spizella socialis 3, D. aestiva [Dendroica aestiva]
1, T. fuscescens [Turdus fuscescens] 1, E. minimus [Empidonax minimus]1, and the best,
Antrostomus vociferus 1 [female]. The latter
started from among some scanty birches
on the edge of an open field and
lit lengthwise as usual on an oak
limb. Having only one shell left
I [delete]wanted[/delete] determined to get near enough
to be sure of my bird but soon found
this a more difficult undertaking than
I had anticipated, for the bird would never
let me get nearer than twenty yards, before
taking wing. She usually flew not more
than ten yards at a time alighting for
the most part on the ground. Her flight
was almost as light and irregular as a
butterfly's. When she lit she seemed to drop
"all in a heap" as if shot. [delete]When[/delete] Just before
taking wing she would invariably bob her
head up and down exactly like the yellow
leg and some of the plover. Once when flying
she uttered a low cluck. She finally lit
on a fence where I stalked her carefully &
shot her. Watched a [female] D. pina [Dendroica pina] commencing
her nest on the horizontal branch of a 
yellow pine. Saw a flock of 5 thrushes
2 T. Swainsonii [Turdus Swainsonii], 2 T. Aliciae [Turdus aliciae] & 1 T. fuscuscens [Turdus fuscuscens]
D. coronata [Dendroica coronata] is still abundant.