Nycteaada var Garderi--rointess in 265 number Feb.-/1876 Feb. 15 The winter now nearly past has been a remarkably mild one and birds of all kinds have been so scarce that I have devoted my entire attention to house work and have not killed a specimen since Dec. With the exception of three days of very good--though albeit rather thin--shining, the ground has been entirely bare most of the time. The only irregular Northern bird visitors that I have noted are the grosbeaks (P. crenulator) which although not so abundant as last season have still been present in considerable numbers. Three or four days back I saw a flock of 8 in our cedar tree; a few adult red gros have been heard but not so many nearly, as last written. Argiothus limbria was seen & shot (Arthur Smith) in Nov. or Dec. but has not been reported on any good authority since. The ordinary winter residents are here in generally small numbers, as for instance Corvus of which I have seen a few only at wide intervals. You not heard of the occurrence of Carpodacus which must be regarded as somewhat irregular presence in winter Variety of weather having apparently but little to do with the matter. But the most remarkable fact of all remains to be overheard. The following tale is from Story. I will simply add that the herons have a regular roost on Prof. Lowell's place. They are also reported by J. N. Clark as wintering at Bay Buck in numbers & a flock was also seen at West Newton Mass. Dec. 31-75 by Messrs. Warren et Case [illegible]