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UPTON, MAINE 
three pigeons quite unexpectedly and firing both barrels bag¬ 
ged the first bird and missed the other. Saw several broods 
^-of HycleTO " Lardovic, and a number of Emp,traillii all appar¬ 
ently old birds. Shot also one of a brood of Contopus borealis: 
as previously noted at Rye beach the young were calling out gh. 
phebeair in feeble accents. Saw several Sphy.varius for the 
first time and also near the house three Gurvirostra americana. 
The broods of young grouse were quite tame: one of them Shot 
found, roading and coming to a dead point on the old bird which 
lay squatted on the turf in a little glade not two yards ahead 
of his nose: they took to the trees for the most part and many 
of them exhibited most comical demonstrations of anger, brist¬ 
ling up and keeping up a continual whistling and grunting as 
if quite indignant at my intrusion. In the afternoon skinned 
my birds and took 7 trout. Messrs. Sanborn and Lancaster came 
out to-day. 
August 5 . Clear, warm and a fine day. In forenoon went out 
collecting as usual, taking the forest path towards Stow’s 
clearing. Took 10 birds, the best D.blackburniae 4 (1 nestl.) 
Parula Am., 1 (nestl.) T.swainsonii 1 nestl. etc. Came across 
a large brood of young Troz.hyemalis: they were very tame, one 
of them coming up almost within reach of my hand as I stood mo¬ 
tionless watching him. They kept calling out in a fine shrill 
whistling tone reminding me somewhat of a noise made by the 
whole famile of Turdidae, Saw a large flock of Chry.pinus 
feeding in a birch tree in company with two g Curvirostris am. 
and shooting a $ of the former. I found the generative organs 
