AUDUBON JOURNAL 



The Watter is Low, although a Little froth, sailed 

 the River a few days since, about 4^ feet. We only 

 floated 14 Miles by the Break of the 13th of Octr^ the 

 Day was fine, [and] I prayed for the health of My familly 

 — prepared Our Guns and went on shore [on the] in 

 Kentucky [Side] — Cap« Sam' Cummings who left Cin- 

 cinnati with an Intention of Noting the Channels of 

 this River and the Mississipi accompanied us — ^We shot 

 thirty Partridges — i Wood Cock — 27 Grey Squirrels — 

 a Barn Owl — a Young Turkey Buzzard and an Au- 

 tumnal Warbler as Mr. A. Willson as being pleased to 

 denominate the Young of the Yellow Rump Warbler 

 — this was a Young Male in beautifull plumage for the 

 season and I Drew it — as I feel perfectly Convinced 

 that Mr. Willson has made an Error in presenting this 

 Bird as a New Specie I shall only recommend You to 

 Examine attentively My Drawing of Each and his De- 

 scription — its Stomach was filled with the remaines of 

 Small Winged Insects and 3 Seeds of Some Berries, the 

 names of which I could not determine — 



Early in the morning the wind rose and we came to 

 on the Ohio side by G' W"' Harrisons' Plantation — 

 and remained untill nine o'clock PM — 



I saw several flocks of Ducks in the morning before 

 we had cleaned our Guns — hundreds of Meadow Lark 

 Alanda Magna seen travelling Southwest — 



