154 1875. June 16. First day of trip to Mts. Wachusett at Monandoc wth J. B. Melvin June 16 - 1875. Cloudless but very smoky. Not very warm. Left Cambridge at 12.15 and arrived at Concord at 12.15 where I put up my horse and took dinner with Jim M. On the way up found a nest of Py. subra on an oak branch overhanging the road and standing up on the seat of my buggy I ascertained that it contained two eggs which I left in hopes of more on any return. Also saw a quail in the road near Hardy's pond, which running along ahead in the road, easily kept ahead of my trotting horse for a considerable distance. At 1.35 we left Concord in my buggy with Jim's horse for the motive power. The road passes through the villages of Assabet Stow, Bolton Lancaster Sterling & Princeton to the Half or Mountain house half way up Wachusett where we pulled up at 4.30 P.M. From Concord to Sterling the road is very good and the scenery more than usually beautiful though perfectly typical of Mass. The remaining six miles are very hard ones almost one continuous hill. Stenella majora was abundant all the way up but was not seen I think beyond Princeton. A single quail was heard in Stow and two others at the foot of the mountain in Princeton. The first Tordus pallasi I saw about a mile E. of the latter town, had a first rate supper and spent the evening on the piazza of the Mountain house. Had a slight shower at 7 P.M. Antrostomus vociferous heard singing near the house. Distance from Concord 35 miles.