1891
June 2
(No. 4)
Mass.
North Truro. - wriggling about on the unhatched
eggs, peeping in the feeble tones. As we approached
the spot one of the Gallinules was seen swimming
in the neighboring creek but it skipped over 
the water into the flags before we got nearby
within gun-shot.
  During the afternoon Gulls were constantly
coming in from the sea and alighting on
a high, rounded, perfectly bare sand-hill on
the east side of the pond. They formed a
bed which covered at least quarter of one acre
and must have contained fully 300 birds.
The greater number were lying down and
sleeping in the warm sun or preening. They
all rose at once when Miller fired a shot
into a passing bunch of Peeps (Ereunetes)
There was one adult Black-back among them
and a few Herring Gulls in nearly full plumage
but at least 90% were immature birds, the
majority of which were doubtless L. smithsonianus.
  During our visit to the marsh that concealed
the Gallinule's nest we found two Crow Blackbirds
nests similar in every way to those taken
yesterday. One contained four eggs, the others
five newly-hatched young. I did not 
molest either nest.
  We sailed home with a free sheet for
the wind had [?] into the west and
blew fresh. After supper Miller shot a
bat which was flying about the house & 
which is the only one that we have seen here.