268 MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1876. March 3 Mr. Abbott Graze informs me that june grosbeaks are still quite numerous. He heard one to day. He shot a single S. migratorius Feb. 28 the first one reported. No cedar birds have as yet appeared. He has seen Collusio buralis at frequent intervals during the winter and killed a very fine one yesterday. " 7 Clear and very warm, with S. wind. This 70° at 9 P.M. (Yesterday nearly as warm; max. temperature 68°) Arrivals this morning were Haliaeetus leucogaster, very generally abundant? scattered over the country. Anacis phoeniceus, gen. arrival; Quercus purpurea, flock of about 75 mis. Northward; Scolopax ferruginea on small flock. Melos melodia gen. arrival Rose early and taking my gun set out immediately after breakfast. Taking the horse case too far as Mt. Auburn I struck one into the Coolidge farm. The morning was lovely, a balmy S. wind prevailingly white and appearing to whisper in every sunny nook and corner awake! awake! O hair of winter for I have banished thineas and peaceful spring is at hand. At any rate if it did not distinctly say this the assurance was from the less manifest and the dry leaves fairly bustled with the myriad of crawling forms that passed over and through them; black little Coleoptera, glossy winged Diptera and many species and aspects came gladly out to breathe the air and enjoy the light of Heaven once more. Overhead was no less an awakening. The sky seemed full of bird voices: first I caught the distant, plaintive note of a Thrush but after one or two scarcely heard repetitions it faded away leaving me uncertain whether to