Middlesex Co., Mass. 53 Dec. 26 - 1874. Dec. 26 Cloudy and mild. H. W. Bousha dropped in immediately after breakfast and getting ready as soon as possible we started for "the farm". Spent the whole forenoon in the field and had as we usually do, a very delightful congenial time. Berdy shot barn Pinicola crunkle and Aron Agiothus Liararia, the latter the first he has ever killed. I killed a Pinicola flying, and also shot a very dark Caypodacus purpureus three of which we saw in the cedar ridge. Saw also a flock of Chara jenny, a very large one of Phe. viralis, and the always present Indicus migratorius noted on the 10th. Agiothus Liararia is now abundant on that ground. We must have seen 100 in a high flock; And in this connection it occurs to me that a Colluris bionalis was sitting on a bush directly beneath the birch when they were unconcernedly feeding. Dec. 29 Cloudy and threatening with occasional light showers. Chased off cold and blustering in F. M. Rose early and started off with R. B. Nesbitt in my buggy at 6. J. Nesbitt with Mr. Carr accompanied us in another team and together we drove up as far as Silvers Hill Station in Weston where we put up the horses at at a farm house and