64 UPTON, MAINE 1874 August 1 - 3 went ashore and took 5 birds, the best Hy.ludoviciana (2 y.y.) Picus villosus 1 (y.y. with crown red) P.pubescens (1 nestling) and D.castania (young changing). Shot also a fine adult ♂ wild pigeon. The young woodpeckers keep together in broods, but small as the P.pubescens was it was hammering vigorously on a dead limb and I doubt if they are fed at all after leaving the nest. The young grosbeaks of which I saw two broods ( one ac- companied by a superb ♂ in full plumage). Heard the plaintive note recorded last season. They also uttered the sharp click of the adult. Very few birds are singing now except the white throats. I, however, heard a Trog.hyemalis in full song today. Cot.riparia has not left yet: I saw them today. Small birds of all kinds are very scarce in the woods and some species ap- parently entirely absent. The Lake continues very high--all over the meadow as in spring and consequently none of the bar snipe or Tringa have appeared yet. Ducks are reported quite scarce: I have seen but two or three. A deer was said to have been killed on the Megalloway meadows last Sunday, but I doubt it. Took 12 trout below the dam. August 2. (Sunday) Alternately cloudy and clear: rained at frequent intervals during the whole day. Spent most of the time in doors, taking five trout below the dam at sunset. August 3. Cloudy and cold. After breakfast went up Cambridge river in the skiff and took 8 birds, the best My.canadensis (1 nestling), D.maculosa do., 2 Picus pubescens do., T.swainsonii do. Saw a Sciurus noveboracensis and a hawk which uttered a