Late August birds. Corvus carnivorus
in Mass. [Massachusetts]
1875
Aug. 24 [August 24, 1875] the swamps. The bult [bulk] of the bobolinks are
gone but there are still a good many
small flocks about. Aug. 21 & 22 I saw
several small companies of night hawks
passing S. [south] at sunset: All the swallows are
still with us in greater or less abundance.
Ceryle alcyon is getting abundant on Fresh
pond. Nearly all the young Chry. tristis [Chrysomitris tristis]
are now out of the nests. The chorus
of crickets is now at its full height and
the cicadas are [delete]beginning[/delete] on the decline.
To day I heard the first note of that
unknown creature that fills the woods
with its discordant chirpings in Sept. [September]
Shot 3 peeps  (one of them a y.y. T. miniatilla [Tringa minutilla])
and a kingfisher in 4 shots flying. Maynard
received a young Corvus carnivorus from
Tingsbury Mass [Tingsbury, Massachusetts] a few days since, the
first for the state. [I afterwards purchased this specimen]
  Aug. 26 [August 26, 1875] Clear and cool. Took the 2.30 P.M. boat 
for Long is. [Long island, Massachusetts] and arriving there secured a
room at the hotel and immediately set
out for the shooting ground. Walking near
the edge of a little fresh water pond hole
I first started a small flock of peeps
and among them two larger birds at
which I fired a quick shot at long range
and dropping one found that I had
secured a very fine Tringites rufescens,
a young bird in the fall plumage.
Its companion lit a short distance off
in the pasture but although I chased
it about for some time I found it