MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1875. June 5 melted out of sight in the distance and although I lay in ambush for more than an hour he did not return. Taking the rest and a bid I returned to the wagon finding a newly finished nest of Pyrranga subra by the way, and reached the house in time for dinner. Hollard & flaviventris and saw two Sturnus morbusensis. D. Striata is still with no in small numbers. Upon opening the hawks eggs found two perfectly fresh, the other two with a slight bloody patches marking the incipient embryo. The stomach of the bid contained a nearly whole Aricola infania. Among the intestines were a few small whitish worms. Saw a nest of E. minimus in our garden; hegg incubated about a week. June 7 Cloudy all day with E. wind and driving fog. Heavy thunder thunders in P.M. after which a rain storm set in and lasted all night, a grateful boon as we have not had so much as a sprinkle before for many weeks. Off by 7, Charles driving me up to the hill. Devoted the day to searching for prairie warbler's nests, but found only two, 4 eggs each. Both these were in the old spot where I have taken them every season and although I heard many males singing elsewhere in good looking places, I could find no other nests. No larger proportions