47 
1873 
UPTON, MAINE 
August 23 
August 23 . Cleared up this morning. Barstow and Mr. Fullerton 
left for the Mid. dam this morning. After breakfast Mr. God¬ 
win and I started up C. river and he paddled me up about two 
miles. I shot three wood ducks in two shots, all on the water, 
and a Sol.sandp. flying. The A.sponsa were I think all adt. & 
although in nearly the plumage of the young <$ . Saw large numbers 
of small birds and was lucky enough to get a My.pussillus y.y. 
in 2nd plumage: whether this bird was raised in the vicinity 
or not must be of course a matter of conjecture,but am inclined 
to think that it was, as I have seen no evidence as yet of any 
influx of small birds from the north,although many of the birds 
have evidently left here. Birds have almost entirely stopped 
singing: even Zon.albicollis is heard but seldom and occasion¬ 
ally Parula am. and Vireos.olivacea and solitarius. Chordeiles 
popetue still keep up their booming and on still nights I see 
them out on the lake in large flocks. Rhy.solitarius and Ceryle 
alcyon are not l/3 as abundant as they were in July and the 
blackbirds have nearly all left us. At the Megalloway birds are 
much later apparently than here: thus I heard Turdus pallasii 
there August 19th and Z.albicollis rang morning and evening. 
The young of Chry.pinus are now all on wing and they are form- 
crV^ 
ing into large flocks: I think they must breed and the average 
about a week in advance of Ch.tristis as a few young of that 
species are beginning to appear. I frequently see ospreys sail¬ 
ing about: they have a note here I never heard before, a short 
