1891
May 19
(no 3)
A day on the Revere Marshes with W. Faxon.
Mass.
Revere Beach. - Faxon approached and again shot
at them wounding a bird which finally escaped
after two more shots. The flock pitched down
in the pasture and I took Faxon's gun and
stalked them, crawling on my hands and knees
for I was most anxious to obtain a specimen.
I got very near them as they were too busy feeding
among the immeasurable little hillocks to notice 
me although every now and then one would jump
up on a mound and look keenly about for a
moment. I picked out a particularly red-breasted
bird and fired but to my disgust missed. The 
flock only flew a few rods and at once began
feeding but before I could get another good chance
a Sharp-skinned Hawk scaled over them and
they wheeled off in great alarm soon returning
however and alighting in a mud flat when I
killed one of them. They were now thoroughly
alarmed and flew off out of sight then
afterwards returned and Faxon killed one and
wounded another which escaped.
[margin]Tit larks[/margin]
  The Tit larks were by no means the only birds
seen in this place for the neighboring marsh
was simply swimming with Least Sandpipers.
The report of one gun would frequently start fifty
or a hundred at once and three times a Hawk
passing over the marsh set probably the
entire number in motion. Simultaneously or nearly
so they ran in little bunches and singly from
far and near and forming into flocks swept
back and froth over the place now high in air,
[margin]Least Sandpipers[/margin]