Notes of the turnstone
Nantucket [Notes of the] golden plover
Dend. coronata [Dendroica coronata] Tringa maculata
Gam. melanoleuca [Gambetta melanoleuca]
1875.
(Sept. 29) [September 29, 1875] them all in two shots. Next a 
small flock of white winged coots
crossed the point, within long range
of the house and I fired at them
without effect. After breakfast
I took a short tramp along the
beach. Saw a flock of nine Strep.
interpres [Strepsilas interpres] flying along just on 
the edge of the surf and fired at
them without avail. Their flight
is extremely swift & their motions
on wing very graceful. Their note
is a rolling whistle not unlike
that of N. Hudsonicus [Numenius hudsonicus] but rather
higher. Saw also three Gambetta
mel. [Gambetta melanoleuca] and a Tringa maculata
but was unable to get a shot
at them. In the forenoon made
up two of the beetle heads & I
skinned the other. In the
afternoon dug a stand on the
nearest point and lay there
till dark. I killed a few
sandling [sanderling] and S. [William Stone] an immature
Larus argentatus and a golden
plover: the latter I whistled 
down from a great height: it
uttered a single short whistle.
Saw Dend. coronata [Dendroica coronata] and Amp.
cedrorum [Ampelis cedrorum] both among the stunted
cedars on the sand [delete]knolls[/delete]
knols [knolls]. Have not seen a single
tern in the harbor either yesterday
or to day. Domestic cats run wild
are very abundant on the point.