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August igtk. — Crossed the Ferry, and walked to War- 

 wick pond in search of the small Wild Duck, which has 

 frequented that locality for upwards of a week. Failed 

 in finding it. Saw two Crows (Corvus americanus) and an 

 abundance of Swallows. Could distinguish only the White- 

 bellied and the " Barn " species. Four Semi-palmated 

 Sandpipers also seen. 



August 20th. — Heard the note of the Solitary Sandpiper 

 (Totanus solitarius) in White's Marsh to-day. Thermome- 

 ter, eighty-five. 



August 21 st. — Heard the loud whistling note of the 

 Yellow-shanks Tattler ( Totanus fiavipes) as that bird passed 

 over the town this afternoon. 



August 23rd. — At 10 p.m. heard " Plover " passing over 

 for the first time this season. They appeared, from their 

 whistling notes, to be in small parties of two or three only. 

 The night was starlight, and the air perfectly calm. Ther- 

 mometer, eighty. 



August 24th. — Very few Swallows to be seen. Mr. 

 Phillips, 56th Regiment, killed a Carolina Crake this 

 evening. Plover distinctly heard passing over Gibb's 

 Hill last night. Colonel Oakley, in consequence, pur- 

 chased a supply of ammunition to-day. Mr. Phillips, who 

 was fishing some miles from the shore yesterday, tells me 

 that he observed a flock of about two hundred Plover, 

 coming in from the north and passing in a south-easterly 

 direction. They were flying in a line like Wild Geese, 



