MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1876. Tuesday May 9 bludy & Saind nearly all day, Spent the entire day Skimming & abouting birds. Heard a single Virio gibes this morning also numbers of D. flarfrons also 2 D. castina D. palmarum last seen near on ford. Thursday May 11 Clear with high N. W. wind and quite cool. Arrivals new Virio Norbaccensis 1 & Setophaga putiella 2 add 3 (r 9 or ins.) Iurdus fusceous gen. or, Rhynchophilus solitarius gen. or Gambly. Belmont in P.M. arrivals seen were Iurdus mustelinus 1 & Sirophua budariciana gen. Dend. Pennsylvania 1 & Sireius arrocaptus 1 & (singing in air) Bows at 6 this morning and went up to the swamps. Found birds certainly numerous but had to poor luck in only shots that I bagged only 1 Green 1 Potamus solitarius / 1 Ballace Virgin / Virio Nov. 3 Mil. palustris 3 Pamlus Am (1 & ) Saw at least a dozen Pamlus virion's flock. The morning was so cold that the birds were congregated in the little Benny Shetland sworks, Least flycatchers with several species of warbles were picking up the torpid insects from the ground. D. coronata is still abundant but most of the individuals are females. Rails were exceedingly numerous & I heard them every through the swamps. Saw a single gales oparminis Skimming along clow over the Meadows, Both in P.M. took a drive up through Belmont's Saw the species enumerated above. The grass is very green & high for the season but arboreal vegetation rather backward now.