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UPTON, MAINE 
1874 
September 14 
sparrow. After sunset I heard several birds singing faintly 
but could distinguish only G.trichas. That singular note heard 
throughout the Massachusetts woods in Autumn is not wanting here 
and this evening its unknown author (Hyla pickeringii) was es¬ 
pecially noisy on all sides: I think it must be some insect. 
We also heard off some distance in the gloomy depths of the for¬ 
est a single loud cry that was new to us both: concluded that 
it was made by a mammal of some kind. I heard also much to my 
surprise a Hyla piping industriously near the lake shore: I 
noted a few shortly after my arrival in July but have noticed 
none since. The ferns have nearly all turned brown but other¬ 
wise the woods are still nearly as green and luxuriant as ever, 
and are filled with wild flowers among which the golden rod and 
several fine species of asters are most prominent. 
September 14 . Clear and nearly the most sultry day of the sea¬ 
son. Started down river at about 10 A.M. and paddled to the 
mouth. Here S, shot a Gambetta Melanoleuca, one of two, and I 
fired both barrels at long range after a Pod.podiceps: we had 
been chasing it for some time when to our great surprise it 
rose directly and easily out off the water clearing its surface 
in a few yards although there was not so much as a breath of 
wind. After flying about 600 yds. it lit, but we were unable 
to find it again. I also saw here two Anthus ludovicianus, and 
watched a & Palco sparverius flying over the marsh in the manner 
described a few days since, and once I was positive I saw him 
dart up and catch an insect. After taking a swim and eating 
