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UPTON, MAINE 
1873 
September 12 - 14 
back by ”300 acre island" we heard some large wild animal in 
the woods (*) making a harsh and rather tremulous cry and upon 
paddling in and firing the crashing of dry twigs was distinctly 
audible as it started off, 
(-x-) I now know this to have been merely a young Bubo virinianus 
September 12 , Clear and a hot day. Ther. 87° My hip paining 
me badly I remained in the house all day while the boys went up 
back of 300 acres island and returned at 9 P.M. with a wood 
duck and a heron (A.herodias). 
September 13 . Clear qnd very warm, clouding up in P.M. with 
rain. Started on the boat this morning for Megalloway. At the 
outlet Dan shot two and I one winter yellow legs off the boat 
and between there and Errol I shot a sheldrake in the water and 
a merganser flying: up the Megalloway we saw large number of 
duck but got no shots. Arrived at Spencer found that we had 
left our valise at the Lake house, so had to give up our pro¬ 
posed stay of several days. The two brothers Allen and a Mr. 
Perry went up on the boat with us. Had a Calidris arenaria 
sent down to me by Barfctow from the Richardson lake to-day. 
September 14 . (Sunday) Cloudy and cold with occasional rain. 
Started from Megalloway on the boat at 10:30. At the outlet 
saw a fine pair of Eagles (H.leuco.) one a magnificent adult 
and the other with a little white on both head and tail: they 
were beating about over the meadow like marsh hawkes, lighting 
occassionally on low stubs. Just as the boat ran in to the 
landing at Upton a flock of five Quer. discors rose ahead and 
