Middletown, Mass. 77 1875. March 22. Scarcely more developed than in the intestine and the stomach perfectly empty though the bird was in good condition quite fat indeed. Here I also shot a red cedar bird (which solitary and alone) was again feeding on cedar berries) and watched for some time a spined grosbeak. The latter bird was also seen yesterday by A.D. but no numbers of them had been reported for rural parks. Keeping on up the brook to the "Arsenal Woods" I came across a little band of chickadees and golden crests and was rather surprised to hear one of the latter singing for some time loud with considerable vigor. I have seldom heard them sing while with me, and always so early in the season as this. While watching the sprightly little chap's a dark shadow glided across the path and looking up I caught a glimpse of a crow just disappearing among the pines. I fired my heavy dust charge after him with no other effect than the vast shower of pine needles which was cut off by the shot. Carelessly putting in another charge of light shot but a few moments elapsed until the episode was again repeated when suspecting that I was in the line of a flight of these birds I loaded with No 8 and keeping my eye about me soon get a fine chance and nailed