54 UPTON, MAINE 1873 September 10 - 11 son lake I noticed no striking difference in the avifauna ex- cept that birds and game of all kinds were exceedingly scarce. Parus hudsonius was very abundant and Ch.pinus still about, and we saw numbers of Rhy.solitarius which I had noted at Upton,as all gone a week since. Ducks were scarce the only species were Mergus americanus and Lophodytes cucullatus. A Querqueda discors was shot to-day near the outlet of Umbagog. September 10. Clear and a fine cool day. After breakfast Dan and I started up Cambridge river, taking a lunch and spent the day in its beautiful forest shaded depths. Dan shot three black ducks from a flock of six in the first bayou and further up we struck a flock of six ruffed grown of which I shot five (four with my rifle) and Dan the remaining one. I also shot with my rifle a woodpecker, a kingfisher and a sol.sandpiper, making remarkably good shots. Saw D.tigrina, D.castanna, Buteo penn. and Guiraca ludovicianana the latter I shot. September 11. Clear, a lovely day. Dan started off at day light with Messrs. Tilton and Bates and ranged around the mouth of the river for duck, but they returned without success. In the afternoon Dan went out again with Smith and killed two par- tridges. After dinner we, with Messrs. Bates and Tilton started up lake for the narrows where we arrived at 6 and disposed our- selves to await the arrival of the ducks. They commenced fly- ing at about 6:15 and for a short time we had lively shooting and Dan killed two mergansers. I had only one fair shot at two mergansers passing overhead rather high which I missed. Coming