Nantucket is. Mass. [Nantucket Island, Massachusetts]
Nantucket
Sept. 24-1875
1875.                                   
Sept. 24 [September 24, 1875] Clear and a lovely day. Fresh wind
from the S.W. [southwest]. Bailey left for home
this morning. Off after breakfast
with Stone [William Stone] taking Burdetts cat rigged
boat "the Rocket" with Fisher to
sail. Kept up the harbor landing
first at Potomoy where we saw
a single "pale Belly". Then [delete]kept[/delete]
drove down to the head of the
bay before a brisk breeze, and  
landed at the marsh where with C.J.M. [C.J. Maynard]
I spent a day in 1874. Here I shot
a S. Helvitica, called here "chuckle head",
which Fisher whistled up very easily.
Walking across the island to the
sea beach we found the sandy
shore literally lined with Sanderlings
a long unbroken line of them extending
in both directions as the eye
could reach. They came very readily
to my peep whistle and were easily
approached while sitting and in
a short time we killed about two
dozen. Among some stunted red
cedars back from the beach I saw
two im. [immature] Seth. Ruticilla [Setophaga ruticilla] and on
a salt marsh a few Sturnella magna.
Walking back to the boat we took
lunch then hoisting sail commenced
beating back for town against 
wind and tide. When opposite Fisher's
gunning house his quick eye discerned
a little company of 5 "chuckle heads"
S. [Stone] & I stalked to within long range