178 MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1875 Loath breeding of C. Stellaris - Evening flight of Rall. Oryzivorus Aug.9 accounts for the fact that the eggs an to rarely taken - the bird being evidently an even later breeder than the Chrysomotis, Aug.10 Clear and hot. Went off to the swamps again this I.M. with young Danelson. Waited near Block is. for the morning flight of birds and saw them come against an extraordinary numbers. The (mass) crows(Pastors) was singing steadily on all sides and I hunted a long time in vain for a nest among grass as tall as myself. The Bobolinks came in by thousands to roost in the fresh water meadows, after spending the day on the salt marshes. Wanting some specimens for bagpaled articles in their line of flight and killed 8 or 10, I making two dorple shots. They fly much earlier than the other birds which roost in the maple swamp adjacent. I think the rails have nearly if not all left as we reached very slowly for them without flushing a single bird. Aug.13 For the last three or four days I have heard the sharp chip of Sicurus Mooracensis in our garden and to day I started one up from under the sink Sport. They pass most of this time however in a piece of tall corn where they search for food in the earth left moist by its luxuriant shade, and judging by their calls there must be a number of them in the places. Hummingbirds