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UPTON, MAINE 
1874 
paddle down river and enjoyed a fine sunset. Everything is as 
yet green and summer like in the woods, but the autumn is close 
at hand, 
August 11 . Clear and very hot. Charles Barstow and George 
Lombard came last night. After breakfast seeing a bird flapping 
its wings on a strip of meadow below the house as though unable 
to rise S. and myself paddled down and found a Pandion eating 
a large fish which he carried off with the utmost difficulty up¬ 
on our approach. In P.M. we three (S. & B.) started out to try 
for cock but failed to find a bird. We saw, however, several 
pigeons back of Peasley’s which B. and myself fired a shot each 
at without success. I shot a fine G.Philadelphia in full fall 
plumage, but unfortunately I cut it up so badly that it was 
worthless. We also shot two young Geothlypis,nestlings it may 
be of Phil, which puzzled me completely. They were unlike tri- 
chas being darker about the head and rather larger. A ^ tri- 
chas was, however, chirping apprehensively near the spot and I 
heard one of the young utter the characteristic tshay of that 
species: still I am inclined to the belief that they may be 
Philadelphia. 
August 12 . Clear and the hottest day of the season here. Ther. 
90 at noon. After breakfast Stone, Lombard and self started 
down river in Lancaster’s sail boat and spent the day on the 
lake going around "300 acre" island and as far up as Metalluc 
is. Saw several fish hawkes two loons and a few ducks. Did not 
shoot a single bird, though we tried a few shots at the loons 
with our rifles. On the way down seeing a large bird light on 
