Actiturus Bartramius
Ampelis cedrorum
Nantucket
1875
Sept. 22 [September 22, 1875] off. Jumping out I started &
shot it and my surprise was
great upon picking up a fine
fall specimen of  Hel. peregrina [Helminthophila peregrina].
On the way back I happened to
spy an Actiturus Bartramius standing
perfectly motionless within 15 yards
of the wagon: stopping the horse
I found it was really too near
to shoot so waited a few minutes
in hopes that it would fly 
but it only skulked off slowly
through the grass and once squatted
close for an instant: evidently
it imagined itself unseen & was 
afraid to draw our attention by
taking wing. I finally shot it
sitting but found it so fat as to
be utterly impracticable as a 
specimen. On the skirts of the 
town saw a flock of about
30 Ampelis cedrorum feeding
on the berries of a wild cherry
tree. Reached the house by
5 P.M. C. passerinus [Coturniculus passerinus] was abundant 
everywhere over the commons and
rose at frequent intervals almost
under the horse's feet. The gunmen
inform us that we are too late
for the plover shooting & I
think it must be so as we
did not see a single bird to day.
Poocetes gram [Pooecetes gramineus] and Pas. savanna [Passerculus savanna] are both abundant. Saw several 
Pandion Carolinensis