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1873 
UPTON, MAINE 
August 14 - 17 
August 14 , Cloudy and cool. East wind. After breakfast rode 
over to the landing and went up C. river with Barstow. He shot 
a young wood duck (flapper),and I, eight small birds, the best 
two nestl. H. ruficapilla, do. Regulus sat. (the crown plain), 
a D.pennsylvanica (2nd plum.) and a D.castanea. 
August 14 . Saw woodcock ’’boring” all up along the river and 
they must be quite plenty there. Parus hudsonius was quite 
abundant and very noisy. The birds were for the most part in 
immense flocks or companies of several hundreds, warblers, 
sparrows, creepers, woodpeckers and etc., all keeping along 
through the woods chirping, chattering and occasionally a young 
male practising up on his next season’s song. 
August 15 . Cloudy and rained at intervals. In A. M. went down 
river with Perkins and shot seven times at kingfishers with my 
rifle but did not kill a bird, though I brought one down to the 
water. In P.M. skinned the birds shot yesterday. 
August 16 . A.M. rainy. P.M. clear. Took the steamboat for Me- 
galloway this morning and arrived there at 2. On the way shot 
a Buteo pennsylvanicus in im.plugi. and a "whistler”, both fly¬ 
ing. In the evening went up to the mouth of the Diamond and 
took 3 trout, one f lb. Saw a Pod.podiceps at Errol. 
August 17 . (Sunday) Clear and a most lovely day. In P. M. 
drove up to the mouth of Diamond stream, fished 3 hours and 
took 5 small trout. Fired both barrels at a black duck and hit 
him very hard. Saw a Guiraca Ludoviciana in im. plum, and 
