160 1874 April 16 April 1874 Middlesex County, Mass. - Watertown. Cloudy & with cooler. The 42° at dawn. After Breakfast took my gun & went up on the farms but the wind blew such a gale that it was hard to either see or hear anything. I shot in all 9 specimens & D. finna (2 g), 1 D. palmarum & 2 D. pallasi. D. palmarum has a chip differing from that of any other warbler though approximating amount to the guttural one of D. coronata. In the woods beyond the brook I found a Crows nest but as the tree was a hard one did not try to ascend it. Both old birds were on the ground and made considerable anxiety flying about out of range & calling loudly; this I consider unusual as they generally avoid the vicinity of the post or which near keep silence. For the oak woods near the Arsenal I found a brood of 13 quail and going cautiously to the shot when they lit, ran them running swiftly through the brush. This Codies so upright as to offer quite perpen- dicular & looking much larger than they really are. Saw two new Spc. socialis to day. The which of Potato granivorus is speeding loud and strong & is vomiting up in a hurried manner find 2 mix times in succession. I am confident that I can distinguish it from any other granivorus mot. The quail are now onlyflying with wild pigeons from No. Many of the females containing eggs.