Chordeiles popetue, Seiurus noveboracensis
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts] Departure of D. aestiva [Dendroica aestiva] 
1876.
Aug. 27 [August 27, 1876] Still hors de combat. Have done literally
nothing the past month but read and smoke
especially the latter. The last three or four
weeks have been signalized by especially
delightful summer weather and little else
at least in my humble sphere. Saw the
last D. aestiva [Dendroica aestiva] Aug. 24 [August 24, 1876]. E. minimus [Empidonax minimus] I
missed from our garden some time before
that date. Aug. 25 [August 25, 1876] I saw two Seiurus 
noveboracensis in the Russells' garden.
Aug. 19th [August 19, 1876] A single Chordeiles popetue was
seen in the swamps by R. Deane [Ruthven Deane]. Aug
25th [August 25, 1876] I saw a company of six or seven
flying S. [south] over Fresh pond and on the
evening of the 27th [August 27, 1876] another loose body of
ten or a dozen passing over Arlington
heights for the S. [south].
  Hawks are beginning to appear. This
afternoon (Aug.27th [August 27, 1876]) I saw a [female] Accipiter
Cooperi [Accipeter cooperii] near Brown's in Belmont and
a Falco sparverius on the above named
"heights". The latter glided past the buggy
with surprising velocity and lit in a 
wild cherry tree near the road.
I hear the faint lisp of warblers these
moonlight nights, but only occasionally,
as the migrations have barely commenced
among the Sylvicolidae as yet. The crickets
are still in full blast but the Cicadas
I have not heard of late. If their 
race is run it must have been an
uncommonly short one this year.
Shore birds are reported as very scarce,
but few good bags having been made
I have not fired a shot for over a month.
I heard orioles in our garden on the 26th [August 26, 1876]