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UPTON, MAINE 
1874 
August 14 
pasture to-day, Chordeiles still booms morning and evening and 
of the swallows only H.bicolor is gone. My.canadensis sings off 
the nest now in the woods. In P.M. shot a G.phil. in the garden. 
Barstow shot a Cal.arenaria on the river below the house in the 
evening. 
August 14 . Cloudy and rained in P.M. Off after breakfast tak¬ 
ing the Stone path. We both had most execrable luck missing, 
loosing our birds and etc. I took only 4, S.aurocapillus 2, 
P.pubescens 1 y.y. S , and Contopus borealis 1 audit. After 
dinner shot a G.phil. in the Abbotts* garden. It was very tame 
allowing me to approach within six feet. It had in addition to 
the sharp water thrush chirp (described under August 13) a faint 
Dendroician lisp. On the edge of the Stone farm I heard a My. 
crinitus very distinctly and S. saw the bird perched on the top 
of a tall white pine. In P.M. skinned our few birds and lounged 
about the house. 
August 15 . Clear, cool and a fine day, with that crystal clear¬ 
ness in the air characteristic of October weather. After break¬ 
fast S. and I with Suman Sargent as guide, took a team and driv¬ 
ing over to the Cross place started in for a days fishing at 
’’the sluice”. The distance is 4 miles, but with a fair path we 
made it easily by 10 A.M. and putting my rod to-gether I soon 
had the small trout jumping most exhileratingly. Every time a 
cloud passed over the sun the fish struck the flies almost as 
soon as they touched the water and by 5 P.M, I had taken about 
75, none of them over \ lb., however. Starting for home we had 
