59 UPTON, MAINE 1873 September 23 - 24 several Picoides articus: this note (have heard only one) is not to be distinguished from the "chuck" of the common ground squirrel. Saw of warblers, D.coronata abundant, D.maculosa several, D.virens do., Parula am. do., Geothlypis trichas do. and D.carulescens do.: the chick of the latter species is exactly like that of Junco hyemalis. Sitta can. is getting very abundant. Saw a few Chry.tristis and pinus and a single Rhy. solitarius, also one Sp.varius. In P.M. skinned my birds. September 23. Cloudy and cold. Spent most of the day packing up. September 24. Left the lake for home this morning in a pouring rain. The scenery was lovely though chilled and obscured to some degree by the dark gloomy morning; the foliage on the mountain sides had nearly reached its perfection of autumn splendor and exhibited all its gorgeous coloring to perfection in contrast with the dark firs and spruces. In the notch a rf.grouse walked out into the road in front of the horses and surveyed us coolly until we were nearly upon her, then with a short flight disappeared among the yellow birches. Near Bethel we began to see numbers of Mimus car. along the roadside: did not observe them at all this year at Upton. Reached Cambridge at 9 P. M. and found all well.