Massachusetts. 1871 September Cambridge in the forenoon. At Harvard hard Vireo flavifrons in full song and several V. githus Long Island - Boston harbor "Sept. 3 Clear still and hot with a South wind in P.M. This was the largest flight of birds hitherto seen that has been seen for many years. Several persons who were enthusiasts told me that it would have been easy to have killed 100 Phalaris Virginica and the smaller birds, Peeps &c. [illegible] &c. Two Trin. rufescens and a Numenius borealis were taken. Strup. antarctus was also abundant. H. Eustace" "Sept. 7 Only a few flocks of Ch. Virginicus flew. Peeps and bower in abundance all over the island, even lighting up on the hilly pastures. Two St. Bonapartii now also heard," (R. Dams) Speeswick Mass. Sept. 9 Clear with South wind; sharp white frost in the night. On the beach found muthbirds of Cal. arenaria, probably clear or eight hundred being seen altogether. A large flock of Strup. antarctus, as single Tringa canutus, and three or four St. Bonaparti were also seen. For the marshes a single Gam. melanoleuca, a flock of two Ch. Virgin and two Numenius borealis and a very few Peeps were seen. Over the sea Lards argentatus both adult and immature, and a few