1878 Nantucket
  Trip to Smiths Island
Sept. 26. Clear with brief periods
of cloudiness. Started off at
8 A. M. in Capt. Winslow[']s sail
boat and sped away before
a fine breeze for Smiths Island.
When we arrived there we an-
chored the sail boat and taking
a dory which we had towed up,
spent most of the day rowing 
about the little bay between the
island and Tuckanuck [sic] [Tuckernuck]. I
shot a Golden Plover from a
small flock but as he was
only wing tipped he escaped
into some piles of sea weed
& was lost. I also shot a 
beautiful young Sterna paradisia [paradisaea]
which had been wounded
slightly by some one and was 
sitting on the beach ridge.
Returning to the sail boat
late in the afternoon we
went out on the extreme
1878 Nantucket,
  Trip to Smith's Island
Eastern point of the island
and lay for an hour or 
two in a shooting stand.
While there some Short tailed
Terns (Hy. plumbea) came
about with the other Terns
and we shot five in a short 
time, seeing two others also.
  I noticed a Wilson's Tern
feeding its young which
were fully grown and feath-
ered. Roseate Terns were not
unnumerous but they kept
off over the rips, and did 
not approach the point.
  At about 4.30 P. M. we
started for home and made
a splendid run before a fresh
fine breeze. I shot an adult
S. [Sterna] paradisaea, by the way.
We saw a Wilson's Tern drop a 
fish from a considerable height &
sweeping down, retake it before it
reached the water.