Gallinago Wilsoni, Botaurus lentig [Botaurus lentiginosus]
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts] Pandion Carolinensis, Sterna Caspia
1876. Chaetura pelagica et Chordeiles popetue
Sept 11 [September 11, 1876] Took a drive up to Maynard's this P.M. On
the way back saw about a dozen chimney 
swifts flying about over Watertown. Driving 
in to Bird's pond, Stone, who was with
me, threw a rock into the rushes and
its splash was responded to immediately
by the piping of several rails. We also
saw them at intervals topping the reeds and
lighting again, and the place seemed
nearly alive with them. While we were 
sitting in the buggy a bittern rose and 
after passing us within good range was
making off over the tree tops where the
report of a gun was heard and it fell
broken winged to the earth. A German
who had fired the shot immediately
came forward and picked it up. He
had shot two Quer. discors [Querquedula discors], a few minutes
before in one of the reed-girt pools of
the place and seemed overjoyed at his
good luck. Yesterday (Sunday) P.M. 
while driving by Fresh pond I saw
a large fish hawk circling about
Cambridge nook. Very little change
has as yet come over the face of nature
and the country still bears the green 
voluptuous aspect of August. Every night
during last week I heard the lisps of
migrating warblers and one fine moonlight
evening the sky seemed thronged with
them, scarcely a minute elapsing, without
the faint call being heard. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie]
received a fine Sterna Caspia from
Hingham on the 9th. [September 9, 1876] It was a bird of
this year. Jim shot 3 snipe on the 10th [September 10, 1876]
at Concord & saw seven others.
[margin]Saw a single Chordeiles popetue this evening[/margin]