Feb. 1874 afternoon, uttering its call now and then. Had a small pigeon shoot in the fields near Fitch p. in the morning, but the dark lowering sky & thick fog rendered the shooting very difficult. Score of Pigeon Shoot Feb.23 - 1874 Carter C.H. 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 Barston 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Deam R. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 Brimstone W. 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 Read E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 W. B. Bailey made a trip to Ward's is (Boston) has return he found Emophila cornuta got about in small flocks & secured them specimens. He also presented me with a Podiceps grisegena(?) which had been taken than a week or two previous. Feb. 25 Cloudy & cold snow fell to the depth of about 2 ft. March 1 In P.M. drove out to Brookline & dropped in on A Smith. He has a Falco columbarius shot in jaw. I has killed Philadela minor about the middle of that month, the latter bird was known very much in scists and afternoon Dick & C. founds migratorius seen yesterday in E. by W. Woodman.