Sturnella magna - two Watertown & Belmont Molothrus preeris - two Watrt. 279 MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1876 Sunday March 26 Clear warm and a lovely day. While taking a walk this the afternoon heard a robin singing gloriously from the top of a tall oak on Mr. Dunbar's place on Highland St. Cambridge. Monday March 27 Cloudy with driving N.W. wind and a chilly air. Went over to Beacon Park in P.M. to see Capt. Bogardus shoot and while thus saw a flock of Eremophila cormata fly over in a N. direction; probably they have begun to migrate. Abbott Meyer saw two M. preeris in Watertown this morning & also two Sturnella magna, probably birds from the S., though some have been seen in the winter above Watertown by W.W. Patten. One of the two seen this morning was in the old haunt below Belmont, the other in Alvin Adams' field Watertown. Tuesday March 28 Clear and a fine day with crisp N.W. wind. Took the 7:50 Watrt. car up to Wrayor's when I found ready as per appointment, and we soon started off in his wagon for Deadham where he was going on some errand for his brother. On the way over got several long shots at crows but all were ineffective. After passing through the town of Deadham we drove somt two miles further and entering a wood paths penetrated a grove of noble pines when we tied the horse and proceeded on foot to a hut which