Chatham, Mass. Chatham, Mass. [Chatham, Massachusetts]
Arrivals. Ereuentes semipalmatus, small numbers
1876. Tringoides macularius, [small numbers]
Aegialitis semipalmatus [small numbers]
Sunday Sterna frenata one [numbers]
May 7 [May 7, 1876] Clear and warm in forenoon. P.M. cloudy with
heavy fog and thunder storm at sunset. W.S.E. [Wind south east].
Rose late and went down to the brant boxes
at about 10 A.M. Cory and Hull lay at the
"Gravel bar" Lon. [Alonzo Nye] with myself at the "Mudhole."
Saw a few brant but none came within
range. I shot three im. [immature] Larus argentatus 
& Hull one do. [Larus argentatus]. I also shot an E. semipalmatus [Ereuentes semipalmatus]
from a small flock and saw several
others. Saw Aeg. semipalmatus [Aegialitis semipalmatus] several
small flocks, & Tringoides macularius, a
number. Saw also a fine ad. [adult male] Somateria
mollissima which passed the box within
twenty yards before I caught sight of
him, numbers of Mergus serrator
and several Sterna caspia. Also
a single Sterna frenata. A flock of
about ten S. Helvetica [Squatarola helvetica] lit on an island
near us and I tried to stalk them
but they were too shy. They presented
a most beautiful appearance, in their
perfect summer plumage. Returning
to the house at 1 P.M. we had a
good dinner and immediately after
started in Lon's dory for Chatham
which we reached at 5 P.M. shooting
three Gambetta melanoleuca on the 
way.
[delete]Monday[/delete] To day at Cambridge was very warm
[delete]May 8[/delete]and [?] maximum temperature reaching
85 [degrees]. The following arrivals were noted
  Frazer found nest of Accip. Cooperi [Accipiter cooperii] in Waltham 1 egg fresh.
