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MASS. (Middlesex Co.)
1877.
Sept 24 Dron up to Concord yesterday afternoon and packed up all my things. This morning started early and drom down to Cambridge. Saw quite a number of Dendroeca palmann at Coroneta for the first time.
Oct. 1 Took a ride with Will Stone this forenoon and saw a Pyrranga rubra in Mt. Auburn. It was with a large company of Bluebirds and Sparrows and frequently flew down to this ground as the former were doing to seize an insect. On one occasion I saw it pick up a large green worm or Caterpillar. Saw also Certhia americana
" 2 While driving this afternoon in Brooklyn I saw a single Anthus ludovicicus
" 3 While driving in Brooklyn to day on an errand Sphyrapicus seems
" 7 Heard a few Juncos this morning
" 11 A foggy morning with many birds flying over our garden. A small flock of Scot, jays minus two Daiscales purpureus - I have seen this genus at intervals since the summer- Lon, alcedins singing faintly and Sicta et Turdus migratorius Caroling as in Spring