Harpyhaliechus (pres) May 4th 1875- Mighty cloudy and chill with E. wind. Off after breakfast driving up to the Waukees run while I spent most of the forenoon searching in vain for the 2nd nest of my woodcock "Shot" evaded a bag of 6 quail for some distance and finally found them in a thickset of birches. On the evening of May 1st I heard a 6 calling Bob White near Mr. Maynard in Newtonville. Birds of all kinds are now fast increasing in numbers. I heard a 8 Har. Rufus and Jon. albiestris was abundant everywhere. Shot a 9 Regulus calendula and saw and heard several others, as well as two 8 Mniotilta varia. Sparrows for sparrows, 2 tree sparrows have entirely disappeared. May 6th Cloudy with wind S.E. Off after breakfast driving up on to the Hill and trying my floor in Prospect St. Shot 9 birds among them a pair of Regulus calendula. Amidst our Pipits erythrophanus pw. 8½; Mniot Carolinensis 1 specimen Dead. Pints a 8 singing. I saw also a hors worm for the first time but one was seen in Cambridge by B. Dean May 3rd. Found an owl hole in an orchard and took therefrom numerous feathers of a quail as well as of robin & smaller birds. Although there were several other likely holes in the neighborhood I could