73 UPTON, MAINE 1874 a most delightful tramp through the woods in the cool of the afternoon and as we emerged from their dark shade just as the sun was setting the light on the mountains to the south was most lovely, passing through all the imaginable shades from rose color to deep azure blue. We saw many bear "signs",-- logs that they had rolled over in quest of grubs and etc. and old stumps torn literally to pieces by their powerful claws. Birds of all kinds were exceedingly numerous. At the sluice a very fine adult Circus passed over our heads and some of the familiar small birds, M.melodia, Zon. and etc. had young there. On the way out I shot a very fine specimen of G.philadelphia as well as a Perisoreus canadensis in nearly perfected fall plumage: the latter as noted in 1871 scolded so exactly like Icterus baltimore that I could not detect the slightest differ- ence: he was sitting on the top of a spruce some 300 yds. away, when seeing us he spread his wings and sailed in a long curve without a single flap to a bush within a few yards of where we were standing. Turdus sw. was especially abundant everywhere. We saw three flocks of young grouse and I shot two with my rifle, missing besides two flying shots with Stone's gun. While driv- ing towards home at twilight an owl passed high over our heads flying leisurely like a night hawk. It was I think a Syrinum nebulosum and I was much pleased at getting this little insight into his habits. We saw Turdus migratorius, Ampelis cedrorum and others in the very heart of the woods. Heard also a Hy.pi- leatus. The note is unmistakable though very like that of Co- laptus.