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UPTON, MAINE 
1873 
August 24 - 
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mellow whistle reminding one of the twittering of Progne subis. 
I also heard the unmistakable cry of the Duck Hawk a day or two 
since over the woods East of here* Parus hudson. is quite as 
abundant on C. River as P.atricapillus. 
August 24 . Cloudy, very cool and windy. Spent most of the day 
in the office talking with Mr. Lampson who arrived last night 
and will join his friend Fullerton at the "dam" to-morrow. After 
supper took my boat and caught two half lb. trout near the steam¬ 
boat landing. 
August 25 . Clear, cool and a lovely day typical of September or 
October rather than the present month. After breakfast rode 
over to the river and started up in the skiff. Took 8 6t 9 small 
birds when by mistake, firing a heavy duck charge, the unexpect¬ 
edly heavy shock threw me overboard into the river, gun in hand. 
I went down to a considerable depth, but managed to rise again 
and swim ashore with my heavy gun. Among my best birds got two 
more Rig.satrapa in nestl. plum., a Parus hudsonius and two H. 
peregrine. I also shot an immature D.striata which occurence 
shows that the migrations have already commenced. U.tigrina is 
I think all gone as I was unable to detect any among the multi¬ 
tudes of warblers: it is I think the only one yet missing in 
that family. Parus hudson. I am nearly sure has the ti-derry 
whistle of P.atricap. and the che die dee, both in a slightly 
altered tone. Sphy.varius is getting scarce and have seen only 
one for a week or more. In P.M. skinned my birds. 
