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TJPTON, MAINE 
1874 
August 1-3 
went ashore and took 5 birds, the best Hy.ludoviciana (2 y.y.) 
Pieus villosus 1 (y.y. with crown red) P.pubescens (1 nestling) 
and D.castania (young changing). Shot also a fine adult 'o wild 
pigeon. The young woodpeckers keep together in broods, but 
small as the P.pubescens was it was hammering vigorously on a 
dead limb and I doubt if they are fed at all after leaving the 
nest. The young grosbeaks of which I saw two broods ( one ac¬ 
companied by a superb $ in full plumage). Heard the plaintive 
note recorded last season. They also uttered the sharp click 
of the adult. Very few birds are singing now except the white 
throats. I, however, heard a Trog.hyemalis in full song today. 
Cot.riparia has not left yet: I saw them today. Small birds 
of all kinds are very scarce in the woods and some species ap¬ 
parently entirely absent. The Lake continues very high--all 
over the meadow as in spring and consequently none of the bar 
snipe or Tringa have appeared yet. Ducks are reported quite 
scarce: I have seen but two or three. A deer was said to have 
been killed on the Megalloway meadows last Sunday, but I doubt 
it. Took 12 trout below the dam. 
August 2 . (Sunday) Alternately cloudy and clear; rained at 
frequent intervals during the whole day. Spent most of the time 
in doors, taking five trout below the dam at sunset. 
August 3 . Cloudy and cold. After breakfast went up Cambridge 
river in the skiff and took 8 birds, the best My.canadansis (1 
nestling), D,maculosa do., 2 Picus pubescens do., T.swainsonii 
do. Saw a Sciurus noveboracensis and a hawk which uttered a 
