Middlesex Co., Mass. 70 MASS (Wild Birds) 1875. Feb. 18 like it very rapid and abounding in static feeling, but in variety and compass it much excelled, and with all due allowance for the romantic charm of worthy, I think it must be considered as one fine performance. Many of its passages are quite undistinguishable from those of its better known analogues, but at times it burst out in a perfect abandon of wild sweet harmony quite beyond the powers of description. Whether this was really the finished and characteristic song of the lore season or not, I have no dreams at present of knowing, but judging from analogy (and analogy is often deceptive as Darwin says) I should be certainly inclined to consider it so. Some time by way of fresh food when a half frozen fisherman showed me among his other captures the first white perch I was examined. It is not at all rare in that body of water but has always persistently eluded me. Saw also C. tristis & C. linaria, Robins were very common abundant and wishing for a specimen or two I shot down four in five shots as they flew by one, the miss being the first attempt when as so often happens I got behind him. Sired both barbs at a fine adult B. lineata which passed me at long range and wounded him very badly as shown by his subsequent flight and removal of large feathers which came floating back to shore with.