Nisus Batarin, D. caerulescens, D. maculosa Paula Am. 378 MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1876. Sept. 22 Clear and a lovely day. I called at the French's last evening and made an appointment with Dan, to take a tramp together to day. So at 8 A.M. I drove over to his house and found him waiting for me. He drove directly down to Waltham and tying my horse spent three hours tramping through the surrounding woods. I must have walked over two miles which encourages me to hope that my hip is at last recovered though it pained me somewhat afterwards. He started only one game bird, a crow which "Smuggler" pointed twice in good style but which rose just out of gun range each time. The dog worked very handsomely for a pup of his age, ranging quite freely. I started the Caperonis in the same place to a yard when I found it yesterday and this time I killed it. It was as usual excessively fat. I also took Nisus Solitarius, Nyctolitta varia & y. y. and D. caerulescens. The woods were literally filled with small birds, mostly D. striata. Spent the P.M. in making up skins. Saw a single D. maculosa in full pl. Sept. 23 Clear and a lovely day. Starting off in my buggy at 9 A.M. I drove Bell. Buttrick down to Lincoln when I left him to hunt back. Striking into a wood path from the Walden road I drove through it bringing into the Sandy Pond road. Shot three D. striata species, two of them for specimens. Saw another O. jolus among bricks on a dry hill top and shot at it but missed. Saw a cuckoo, Sp. subterminalis. Spent the P.M. writing. Saw Paula Am. too.