72 UPTON, MAINE 1874 August 14 pasture to-day. Chordeiles still booms morning and evening and of the swallows only H.bicolor is gone. My.canadensis sings off the nest now in the woods. In P.M. shot a G.phil. in the garden. Barstow shot a Cal.arenaria on the river below the house in the evening. August 14. Cloudy and rained in P.M. Off after breakfast tak- ing the Stone path. We both had most execrable luck missing, loosing our birds and etc. I took only 4, S.aurocapillus 2, P.pubescens 1 y.y. ♀ , and Contopus borealis 1 audlt. After dinner shot a G.phil. in the Abbotts' garden. It was very tame allowing me to approach within six feet. It had in addition to the sharp water thrush chirp (described under August 13) a faint Dendroician lisp. On the edge of the Stone farm I heard a My. crinitus very distinctly and S. saw the bird perched on the top of a tall white pine. In P.M. skinned our few birds and lounged about the house. August 15. Clear, cool and a fine day, with that crystal clear- ess in the air characteristic of October weather. After break- fast S. and I with Suman Sargent as guide, took a team and driv- ing over to the Cross place started in for a days fishing at "the sluice". The distance is 4 miles, but with a fair path we made it easily by 10 A.M. and putting my rod to-gether I soon had the small trout jumping most exhileratingly. Every time a cloud passed over the sun the fish struck the flies almost as soon as they touched the water and by 5 P.M. I had taken about 75, none of them over 1/2 lb., however. Starting for home we had