234 MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1876. Nov. 24 Clear and still. In the house all day working on my birds. After finishing up a half hour or so before sunset, I took my gun and walked up to the pine swamp to try for an Owl. Had about given it up and was striking for the road when I suddenly spied a little red Seeps within ten yards of me. He was sitting on a maple sapling over a ditch and underbush, or the look out for snier, I had got so near him before seeing him that I was obliged to back off before shooting. Upon dissection I found his stomach entirely empty with the exception of a few feathers. His body was fairly cased in a very watery kind of fat which emitted a strong and rather disagreeable odor. Thanksgiving Nov. 25 Clear still and one of the most lovely days of this year. Thur. 24th at sunrise, Spent other forenoon rifle shooting in the pond bank behind Mr. Blacks when 15 of us contested for the ownerships of two prizes. The first of them was won by B. Dean by a score of 19 out of possible 25. Second by J. M. Russell, age 16. My score was 15. After dinner Charlie and I drove up to Bottoms where we put up the horns and commenced our bat. For a long time saw nothing until finally Shot found a grom in a maple swamp and held his