UPTON, MAINE 
1873 
August 18 - 22 
heard for the first time a note which it uttered while flying 
and which resembled the fall note of the blue bird. Dol.ory- 
zivorus is flying about constantly in large flocks. 
August 18 . Cloudy and warm. In forenoon paddled and sailed up 
to the mouth of the Diamond and took seven trout, all small. 
Shot two nestl. Ch.pinus and a do. D.Pennsylvanica. In P.M. 
Mr. Spencer drove me up to the dam in "the Diamond" where he 
took six good trout, but I did not get a rise. 
August 19 . Cloudy and threatening rain. After breakfast rode 
over to Sturdevant pond, a beautiful little sheet of water. 
At noon started down river from the steamboat landing in my 
boat, shooting a young whistler by the way, and stopping to 
fish a while at Bottle brook where I caught a half lb. trout. 
Heqrd what I took to be Syrnlum nebulosum : its hoot was like 
whoo, whoo whoo whoo whoo-a, given in rather a soft cooing tone. 
Was here taken aboard by the steamboat and reached Upton by 8 
P.M., shooting a night hawk out on the lake and nearly dropping 
it into the boat. Heard a snipe (G.wilsonii) at the Outlet. 
Found Barstow on the boat. 
August 20 . Clear and warm. In A.M. caught a small trout and 
skinned my birds. In P.M. put up a large cock in front of the 
house but lost him my first barrel missing fire. 
August 21 . Cloudy and rained. Spent most of the day around the 
house, having another slight attack of colic. 
August 22. Cloudy and rainy. Spent the day around the house not 
feeling well. 
