71 UPTON, MAINE 1874 August 12 - 13 a rock in front of Ellinwood's house. We sailed down on him and I was on the point of shooting when I noticed that he was feeding from a tin dipper and as we ran close up to him he flapped his wings and squealed a few notes of pleasure or recognition and I saw that it was a full grown Larus argentatus in brown plumage and evidently a tame bird; very possible it was raised from an egg taken at B. pond where this species breeds. A party of angler worm fishes having depopulated our trout pool I have had no fly fishing of late. Our evenings are now quite enjoyable with the company of S., B. & L. August 13. Cloudy and rained at intervals during the day. Off collecting in A.M. with S. taking the Stone road. Shot 12 birds the best G.philadelphia 1 (full fall plumage), D.tigrina 1 adult ♂, P.villosus 1 ♀, P.pubescens 2 (1 nestling ♀ with head spotted), Sp.varius (2 y.y., 1 adult ♀), D.blackburniae2, Hy. pilatus 1 adult ♂. The H.pilcatus I killed on the edge of the Stone farm. I was attracted to it by its laugh which was very like that of Colaptes but stouter, rather louder and ending in a slight tremulo: it might be readily mistaken for the song of that bird, indeed I am conscious of having heard it near the house a few days since, when at the most I only suspected its real author. The S.phil. I shot on the wood path. It is a more deliberate bird than its prototype and I think does not jerk its tail at all: its chirp which I heard distinctly was almost precisely similar to that of Sciurus noveboracensis. Quis.purpureus is still with us: I saw a large flock in the