1891
Oct. 8
(No 3)
Mass.
Saugus & Revere Marshes. - We also shot down two
which we could not find.
  At little further on we came upon another
little flock and secured several more. One was 
true candacutus, the other inclining towards
nelsoni. I killed three of them flying.
  All the Sharp-tails which we saw in this
locality were unusually shy starting, even where 
the grass was very tall & dense, from 20 to
50 yds. ahead of us and often taking long
flights. Usually it was not necessary to beat
about much for them and in no instance
did they lie really closely. They showed some
curiosity and frequently climbed up into the
tops of the grass to pep at us, especially
when we resorted to "screeping". They chirped feebly 
at times, much in the tones characteristic of
most of the American Sparrows. We saw perhaps
20, certainly not more than 25, in all. None
of those seemed [?] really typically subvirgatus.
  Crossing to the Salem turnpike we lunched on
an old hay cart. After lunch we entered the
Revere marshes and beat over them to Oak Island
seeing only one Sharp-tail, a typical candacutus
which I shot. There were a few Savannas here.
In the Oak Island woods we found several 
Golden-crests and a Hermit Thrush but nothing
else.
  We next tried the large creek N.E. of Oak Island
where Dwight and I bagged a goodly number
of Sharp-tails a few years ago. There was a