Middlesex County, Mass. 1872 March 22, '25 Why probably from our shooting so many iow now more this morning. Saw a number of Y. migratorius the Yankees shoot them freely; have also seen Democrats do the same. March 22 3 in the afternoon while taking a ride in Belmont Brown across a flock of flies Sialis sialis the first that had been seen. They were fluttering about among some back thorn bushes on the south side of a hill and I don't must had been there a week or more; I heard no note from them save an occasional almost incredible squeak. I shot one which was in good condition with the testicles developed to their fullest size. The weather continues very warm and we have literally had no luck this ypt of winter. March 25- Heard the note of a Phalaropus tricolor repeated several times as the bird passed overhead in a N direction. In the afternoon took a ride up through Belmont with Huns. J.C. and was delighted to come across a flock of about 25 A. phoenicurus with a few D. merikensis sprinkled in, Brookfield & several of them turning caps on chorus and at the same time a Robin and a neighboring tree uttering one of its oblique spring call notes, made up a effect devout pleasing, and ornithological. With considerable trouble I stalked the flock and getting a long shot wounded two Beld wings one of which I got. They were feeding at the time in an old corn field and here I also put up eight Dovel but would not shoot them. There has evidently been quite a migration of Robins