AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Saw in Market this Morning some Ampellis Ameri- 

 cana Vast Number of Common Snipes but the Robbins 

 have nearly disapeared and are not even to be seen in 

 the Woods — Was assured to Day that the Baltimore 

 Oriole Wintered on the Island of Cuba and that the 

 south west side of this island was the resort of Mil- 

 lions of Swallows during November, December & 

 January; So strongly was this afirmed that it has de- 

 termined me to go there Next Winter and to the bay 

 of hondurass, where it is said they also are plenty 

 during these Months Only — 



Reed this Morning a Letter from My Beloved Wife 

 dated Shippingport written a few days previous to the 

 one I rtd by the S. B. James Ross — 



This Evening Capw Cummings saw a Night Hawk 

 or a Chuck Will's Widow flying about the Street Near 

 our Lodgings — I presume it was the Latter Bird hav- 

 ing been assured that in the first days of April they 

 are seen in numbers at the Bay of St. Louis — 



Sunday March nth 1821 



Walkd out this Morning with Joseph to try my 

 Souvenir Gun and found it an excellent One. Shot 

 Many Green Backed Swallows on the Wing — Some 

 red Wing Starlings, Savannah Finches, one fish Crow, 

 & c — but Nothing New Yet in the Woods, which un- 

 fortunately are Now very deep with Watter, the River 



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