Cambridge, Mass. Autumn of 1873 127 1873. No 23 Resume of Sept., Oct. & Nov: Have been confined either to horseback or to short rides by my lame hip, which makes but slow progress towards recovery. Have however derived much pleasure & profit from my rides which, as the weather has been mostly fine, have been nearly daily. Taking my gun with me on many occasions, have shot several good birds; some common ones. During Oct. W D Scott went with me almost every day. The month of Oct. was exceptionally fine but Nov. rather cold & thawing so far. Birds of all species have been very scarce, the warblers especially so. The arrival of N. Sprus was as follows. S. coronata Sept. 23 one spec, about number a few days later, Pyranza rubra, shot a driggen plumage with black wings, Oct. 15, G. hycemalis, Oct. 16 & Spec, gm arrival Oct. 20 when I saw about 50. Regulus Petrea 18 Oct. 17 Oct. 17 I shot a Verdus mig. in the speckled 1st plumage or more properly speaking in transition from that to the fall plumage. It was rather thin in flesh & on dissection I found a hard yellow cancer as large as a walnut attached to the ribs on the right side as well as the liver & crowded in among the intestines. The Stomach contained the usual quantity of food & that the bird in life was extremely tame. Oct. 23 Shot up on the hill with C.M. Carter who started a bag of quail & shot 8