66 UPTON, MAINE 1874 three pigeons quite unexpectedly and firing both barrels bag- ged the first bird and missed the other. Saw several broods of Hydero...Lardovic, and a number of Emp.traillii all appar- ently old birds. Shot also one of a brood of Contopus borealis: as previously noted at Rye beach the young were calling out gh. phebear in feeble accents. Saw several Sphy.varius for the first time and also near the house three Curvirostra americana. The broods of young grouse were quite tame: one of them Shot found, roading and coming to a dead point on the old bird which lay squatted on the turf in a little glade not two yards ahead of his nose: they took to the trees for the most part and many of them exhibited most comical demonstrations of anger, brist- ling up and keeping up a continual whistling and grunting as if quite indignant at my intrusion. In the afternoon skinned my birds and took 7 trout. Messrs. Sanborn and Lancaster came out to-day. August 5. Clear, warm and a fine day. In forenoon went out collecting as usual, taking the forest path towards Stow's clearing. Took 10 birds, the best D.blackburniae 4 (1 nestl.) Parula Am., 1 (nestl.) T.swainsonii 1 nestl. etc. Came across a large brood of young Troz.hyemalis: they were very tame, one of them coming up almost within reach of my hand as I stood mo- tionless watching him. They kept calling out in a fine shrill whistling tone reminding me somewhat of a noise made by the whole famile of Turdidae. Saw a large flock of Chry.pinus feeding in a birch tree in company with two ♀ Curvirostris am. and shooting a ♂ of the former. I found the generative organs