AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Tuesday Decemb'' 19^'^ 1820 



Rain and fog all day — Landed within 7 Miles of 

 Last Nights — Killed a Carrion Crow, a Winter Wren and 

 16 Parakeets, I heard and saw once a Thrush unknown 

 to me but could not get a Shot at it — Immense flocks 

 of Parokeets and Swamp Blackbirds — the Carrion Crow 

 I shot at Would Not suffer us to go near than about 

 100 yards and forced me to draw My Shot and Put in 

 a Ball this brought him down Lifeless — 



This Morning I Shot at a Bird unknown to Me and 

 no doubt a Non Descript — it was of the Sparrow 

 Genus — 



Saw several Thrushes, very Shy. they sung Sweetly 

 and also Constantly. Took for the Golden Crown^ 

 Thrush Turdus Auracapillus ; Also a French Mocking Bird 

 Turdus Rufus— the Trees in Many places in the Thick 

 Canes full of Leaves — and during this Rainy Spell the 

 Weather as felt Much Like the Beginning of May — 



Wednesday Decemb'^ 20*^^ 1820 



The Weather as desagreable as one could wish it — 

 Raining and so foggy that we could not see 50 yards 

 — drawing all day — in the Morning the Winter Wren 

 Sylvia troglodites and afterwards the Carrion Crow, Vultur 

 Atratus — at Twelve o'clock a Short Clearing taking 

 place We floated about 4 Miles and Landed opposite 

 side of the River — Cap« Cummings Shot at an Ivory 



