Anthus ludovicianus
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1876.
(Oct. 12 [October 12, 1876]) the buggy, B. [William Buttrick] started three woodcocks &
bagged two of them. Saw three winter
wrens, all along old stone walls.
After dinner I got Richardson's birch
canoe and taking Miss Fuller & Miss
Kettell started up the Concord river
and paddled as far up as Fairhaven
bay. Returning to the foot of the hill
I walked up to the cliffs with Miss 
F. [Miss Fuller]. The afternoon was very lovely and
the view from the cliffs superb.
On the way back saw an immense flock
of tit larks flying over the meadows.
Saw also a bittern, two Ardea herodias,
a Pandion, and just at sunset,
a snipe which rose near the river bank
and flew over the canoe.
Friday
Oct. 13 [October 13, 1876]
Clear, and a warm, lovely day. Accepted
an invitation to a pic-nic party on
the river, and starting at 12 P.M. with
Miss Fuller we joined the others at "the
Hemlocks" where we had dinner.
Came back in the afternoon getting home
at 4. Getting my horse harnessed
I drove over to the bridge below
Fairhaven bay, and returned in
time to meet the 5.20 train at
Concord expecting to get Jim [James C. Melvin] & take
a short drive but found he had
not come up, so came back to the stable.
Saw a bittern sitting within a few
yards of the road near Geo. Hubbard's farm.
It sat as usual with its bill pointing up
nearly perpendicularly into the air.