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UPTON, MAINE 
1874 
September 8-9 
when they got up and off before I could fire. Heard a flock 
of Gurvirostra leucoptera. D.striata is getting abundant. 
September 8 . Clear and a fine day. In forenoon took a short 
beat for game near the house but "drew blank”. S went over the 
Tyler road and took Emp.flaviventris $ Pinicola canadensis ^.y. 
In P.M. took a turn down to the marsh with S. and had some fair 
sport. Put up three snipe of which I shot 2 without missing. 
Previous to this and shortly after landing from the boat I 
chanced to look up and saw a bird passing by at 60 yds flying 
with slow easy flapping like a hawk. I instantly fired and it 
went down on a long slant falling dead. Upon picking it up I 
found it was a new bird to me, Pfcilamachus pugnax. It uttered 
no note. I also shot a bittern and an Ac.minutitta missing two 
shots at the latter. S. killed a rail (P.Car.) and a peep. 
Shot behaved very well and made several points. Saw two black 
ducks, and several Rhy. sol. of which latter I took a fine spe¬ 
cimen. The marsh is in fine condition and the ”signs” of snipe 
very numerous. Hotel crammed this evening. 
September 9 . Clear and warm. In A.M,loafed about the house 
and skinned my birds. The P.pugnax was in good flesh but liter¬ 
ally alive with parasites: it proved a $. . I also shot a very 
fine D.virens and a T.hyemalis, Last night the air seemed lit¬ 
erally filled with migrating warblers and the note of the night 
bird heard so often last year was also not wanting. I believe 
I then referred it with some doubt to Hy.ludoviciana. Last night 
I criticised it very carefully and came to the decision that it 
is not made by that bird but by some species unknown or at least 
