80 MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1875 March 29 - 1875 Mar 29 Cedar warm and perfectly still. During the past week we have had several a preponderance of warm sunny weather and the fields are now about half bare again and the sods drying up in places. Took a tramp over the farm this morning with indifferent success shooting in all 7 cedar birds a Colaptes (flying orbed) and a Certhia Am. Heard four or five bluebirds warbling in the vicinity of the cedar ridge; they are the first I have seen though C.F.W. noted a 8 on the 26th and large numbers on the succeeding day, Colaptes and I think more numerous. I heard one singing regularly for first time. Heard also a flock of Cerivista Am. among some pines but was unable to get a light at them. They are undoubtedly working up from the S as I have not seen any since Dec 17th. Saw numbers of barred finchpurs and think some new and comers. The male sang several times in that delicious wood thrush brooms heard at this season. Mel melodica was singing in many places but they are by no means numerous as yet; I may have heard ten or twelve altogether. Saw Argiothus linaria in immense flocks; they were feeding among the apple trees for the first time this after year and the males sang almost continually. While waiting for the cars I heard over by the fence the battle of Molothrus pecoris & son spied the bird a solitary 8 sitting on an apple tree. While at C.F.W. in Newtonville yesterday, we saw a flock of 10 Ruiculus purpureus