Thursday, September 24, 1868.
  Cloudy and sprinkled
a little in P.M.
Ther. about 60[degrees] - 65[degrees] - 
50[degrees]. Rose as usual &
walked down with the
boys. After getting
home from school had
lunch consisting of a few
crackers & the Teal shot
yesterday. Then started
shooting with Henshaw
taking both Jup. & Billy.
First shot a C. Rail at the
foot of the lane. Then through
the swamp but saw nothing but
a Green Heron. Billy made a
very long point on a Snipe.
Then over to Block Island. Shot
each two Snipe and saw nearly
fifty others but they all rose
wild. Saw one wisp of twelve
Snipe all flying together & another
accompanied by a Pectoral. Saw
Cat Birds, Vir. Rails (Heard one sing)
& N. Herons. Shot four Robins
near the track. Saw two Night Hawks.
Friday, September 25, 1868.
  Cloudy all day. Rained
hard all last night
& all this forenoon.
Ther. about 50[degrees] - 60[degrees] - 
50[degrees]. Rose as usual.
After getting back
from school, had lunch
immediately and started
shooting taking Billy & my
long gun. Shot first a Coot
on the pond firing both barrels
at him. Then killed a Musk
Rat in the Glacialis. Next
tried the meadows & shot three
Snipe & two Carolina Rails without
missing a shot. Then went
up to Smith's pond and on
way down shot a Virginia
Rail & missed a Night Hawk
of which I saw numbers.
Saw L. B. Mar. Wrens & Sav.
Sparrows. Saw only four Snipe.
Measured my birds in the
evening & caught my duck
for to morrow morning.