Point Lepreaux N. B. [Point Lepreau, Province of New Brunswick] 
1876. Bernicla Canadensis Graculus Carbo
Colymbus torquatus Quiscalus purpureus - Circus Hud. [Circus hudsonius]
Friday
Apr. 14 [April 14, 1876] Cloudy with E. [east] wind and frequent showers
of mist & rain. Rose this morning feeling
rather stronger but with a pretty sore
head. Shortly after breakfast two geese (B. Can. [Bernicla Canadensis])
came flying along close to the water and
lit off the point. One of them swam 
directly ashore and climbed up on a
rock while the other - more suspicious - 
kept swimming about out of range of
the land. Borrowing Stone's gun I started
to stalk them and succeeding in getting
up behind a rock within long range, got
a shot at the head & neck of the one
sitting on the rock and killed it. The
other flew off, but afterwards came back
and answering its honk I called it up
within long range and shot at it
but without effect. Afterward went out
on the point and lay for some time
without getting any good shot though
I fired three long ones. This morning
there was a heavy flight of coots and
birds flew all day in a desultory manner
in the P.m> there was a large flight of
Gulls (L. argentatus [Larus argentatus]) and cormorants.
Of the latter all were G. dilophus [Graculus dilophus] excepting
five G. carbo [Graculus carbo] which came along very
near the point, the white patches on
head & flanks showing plainly.
Saw several fine black old squaws &
many changing pl. [plumage]. [delete]Spent much of
the time watching the fowl through the
telescope.[/delete] Saw a good many eiders & several
large flocks of brant, two Colymbus torquatus
one Circus Hudsonius, & one Quis. purpureus [Quiscalus purpureus]