1891
Oct. 8
Mass.
Saugus & Revere Marshes. - Morning dark & threatening after
the heavy N.E. storm of last night. Wind shifted to N.W.
by 10 A.M. and the sky cleared slowly until by 3 P.M.
there was hardly a cloud to be seen.
  Met Faxon by appointment at Eastern R.R. station and
took 9.10 A.M. train for E. Saugus (Maplewood Station).
The weather looked hopeless at first but as we started 
from the railroad towards the marsh the wind began
coming in puffs from the N.W. and we knew we
were safe. As we crossed a rocky knoll covered with
thickets of sumac & cedars we ran into a very large
mixed flock of small birds, apparently migrants just
from the N. There were 20 or 30 Robins (many singing
in undertone), 5 or 6 Cedar Birds, several Golden-crests
and Yellow-rumps and a perfect swarm of Sparrows
chiefly Song Sparrows and Chippins with a few
field Sparrows and a Purple Finch or two. Lorna
downs, on the edge of the marsh, in a weed field we
started a Swamp Sparrow and ten or a dozen Savannas.
After crossing the first creek we walked out over
the salt marsh for half-a-mile or more without
seeing anything save a few more Savannas until a
gunner near us started five Pectorals and a Wilson's
Snipe, all at the same time, firing a long & 
fruitless shot at them. They rose high in air and
flew out of sight & hearing, the Snipe keeping apart
from the others. Either the same or other Pectorals
were frequently seen or heard by us later.
We also saw a Golden Plover, which I called nearly
within shot, three Dunlins  which started wild
from a creek, and two Semipalmated Sandpipers which