April 1874 161 1874 April 17 Blindy & cold with E. wind. Started off as usual in the morning taking "Shot". Beat the fields below Fish pond without finding any birds. So set to work up small birds and took in all down, 2 P. gramineus, 2 D. palmarum, 1 M. przewalskii, 1 L. Palavana). Saw D. coronata for first time, about 6 specimens in all. Saw also a trip Peg. Ostrapa, P. gramineus an in companies of 20 or more and are violently migratory. They were singing in a rather unfinished practicing strain. P. palavana are also in flocks and have not scattered for the shadows as yet. Heard a few fox sparrows on Gray's woods, the only ones since my expedition with Smith in Brooklyn. Forgot to note A. cedrosae yesterday; I saw several small flocks on the farm. April 22 Left Boston this evening by the 9 P.M. train on the B & A. R.R. with R. Dean for a two weeks collecting trip to Petroleum, Dutch Co. W. Va. Took a sleeping berth and passed a good night. April 23 Arrived at N. Y. city at 7 this morning. By delaying too long in the car we lost the transfer carriage and had to make the best of our way across the city in