406 1876. Thursday Dec. 7 A.M. Cloudy. P.M. clear and warm with S. wind Started off at 10 o'clock. Capt. B. drove me to the head of the river where I commenced again & hunted down for birds. Started 8 birds fired four shots killed 2 mice & found 1 that I killed yesterday & could not then find. Also shot an A. hyemalis which was hopping about under the banks of the brook. In P.M. went East with the Capt. His dog found & pointed a small boy of quail in the open and as they rose I took a cloud of feathers from my first bird & with the bend barrel killed the largest cock quail that I ever shot. He weighed exactly 8 2/16 oz. A. Coronata still abundant especially so in the thickets along the river when I suspect they retire in lower weather. Friday Dec. 8 Clear and sunny. After breakfast hunted an hour or two hunting grouse in the woods blind Hucklebys. Shot 3 times but did not bag anything. Bossgler made a good point at one bird. At about 10 A.M. Capt. B. joined me & we hunted over to "the Hively farm" where Capt. found & pointed a boy of quail in a deep hollow. As they rose I brought out a bird for each barrel & killed both. Capt. B. also fired both barrels. Upon hunting for the dead birds what was an surprise at finding 2/3 birds scattered around on the ground. How we killed so many will always be a mystery to me. Capt. afterwards found & pointed one of the scattered boys & I killed it as it