1891 
May 20
Mass. 
Morning at Revere Beach.
Revere Beach. - Clear and warm with light S.W. to S.E.
winds.
  I went back to Revere Beach alone this morning
by the 9 A.M. train from east Boston taking my
16 guage gun in the hope of getting more Tit larks
  On reaching the ground I soon started a bird
which was so badly wounded that it could fly
only a few yards at a time but I had to
shoot it over to secure it. The flock had evidently
departed but there was another straggler, unhurt
and excessively shy, in the hillocky field. It led
me a long a tiresome chase rising out of gun shot
and sometimes alighting on the ground, sometimes
on a fence post or rail. At length I secured it
by a very long shot as it was feeding in a hollow.
[margin]Tit larks[/margin]
I also shot two Least Sandpipers. The number of
these little waders had diminished fully one half 
not more than 150 being seen to-day. They were
very shy and restless. Although it was not
difficult to get within gun range of single birds the
flock rose nearly two gun shots off and in
wheeling and circling over the marsh took good care
to keep at a safe distance
[margin]Least Sandpipers[/margin]
  I saw one Greater Yellow-Cy and a Solitary in 
this marsh. There were many Meadow Lark, the
last named in the adjoining pasture.
[margin]Solitary Sandpiper Red-winged Blackbird[/margin]
  I returned by the 12 M. train. No Gulls
or Ducks seen over the sea either yesterday
or this morning.