56 MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1875. -1875- Jan. 18 - 1875 Jan. 18 Cloudy and very cold. Here at Dennis 4: Row Net 6 and getting a slight breakfast set off for a collecting tramp. Walked up to "the farm" and climb back on the car reaching the house by 10 A.M. Shot 11 birds: the best Piniola linnelator 1 adt 8-10, Oby. junes 1, C. tristis 5, Aeg. virica 2, Pas. Patriapa 1. The two Piniolas were the only ones seen. On the cedar grew found numerous traces of Owls and one feather from the abdomen of N. Acacida, and near the brook I came upon a little heap of feathers when some bird of prey had devoured a Rhe. Nivalis; about nothing but the feathers remained but in a "pellet" lying a foot or two away I identfied the whole bill of a Piniola linnelator. Such large bills would be hardly likely I should suppose to fall a prey to The owl above named by the spots of ferment lying on the trees around wise of so small a piece as to suggest a bird of about that size as the murderer. Saw also a Single Carpsed Fuscescens, and three Coloptosaurus. I shot all of the junits (8 species) birds) at one shot as they were feeding on some tall weeds which overtopped the snow. I saw Eby, junes on several places but they all I think make the cedar ridge their rendezvous. Heard a 3 Aeg. sing. Noticed a Carthia familiaris taking large quantities of snow from jetsoms which had frozen on to the bark of linden tree. Then there has fallen to 0 every night for 10 days past.