MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1876. Saturday April 22 Scops Owl, nest two eggs fresh Beltsville Heavy flight of Daplin - Arrivals of birds within my obsences in N. B. Clear and warm. Spent the day amongst my geese and thinning ducks! Late in P.M. took a drive with Stone and when coming through School St. a little after sunset my eye happened to light on a Scops that was sitting on a horizontal limb directly over the road. He was very tame and after watching him a moment I got out and commenced putting stones at him. Every time the Stone passed him he would dive down nearly to the ground and sweeping off gracefully, alight on the next tree dropping upon the limb and fluttering his wings adding like a Pouto. Finally he took refuge in a hollow trunk peeling out at me so grotesquely that I could scarce refrain from laughing but when I commenced to climb up he was off again. Mr. Atgair afterwards informed me that he visited the nest of this bird in the farm orchard yesterday and found the female sitting on two eggs & this was undoubtedly the male parent. Juncos are still abundant & few for Sparrows remain. Cusches pallasi Assumed Apr. 2. Pines Apr. 2. coronata Apr. 2. palmarium Apr. Regular Calendula Apr. Bar. suifus Apr. Balneo Risgins. Apr. Porzana Carolina Apr. Cerphle Aleyan Apr. 16 Syngetta Jmbella Apr. S. socialis Apr. Arborescent vegetation is remarkably far advanced. The chestnut hars are well unfolded and the false bass quite large. Boge noted the Pouto lineatus nest in deadhaws on the 20th and found the 2 sitting on three eggs. He had to throw Stones at her to get her to fly & find twice, missing both times.