81 UPTON, MAINE 1874 August 26 - 27 three Perisoreus: they acted in the usual manner. Heard for the first time and distinctly Curvirostris leucoptera flying overhead. August 26. Cloudy most of the day. Spent the forenoon in skin- ning the birds shot yesterday. After dinner started out with S. and B. taking the Stone road. Found birds very scarce, in- deed the woods seemed almost completely deserted. I shot three Scol.ferrugineus (y.y.) a very young nestling of Junco hyemalis and a nestling Geothypis trichas. Returning S. and I took a paddle up Cambridge river in the skiff, but saw nothing of note. I knocked over an old cock partridge to Shots point flushing him from the ferns near the path. Also shot a kingfisher as he flew by the boat: it proved a very young bird and with four or five others was keeping up a continual rattling in a more sub- dued tone than the adult. August 27. Clear and a fine day with little wind. S., B. and self took the boat up lake and started in at Leonards pond for a days duck shooting. Found about a dozen ducks in the pond and spent the forenoon chasing them; at least B. did, S. and I having drawn stations on the two narrows. S. and B. both had a number of shots but bagged only one duck. I fired only one shot a very long one. While lying in my stand I was much surprised at hearing the whistle of a Pinicola canadensis . After imitat- ing his call for a few minutes I got him within range and killed him: it proved a young bird in a plumage quite new to me. Saw also a number of Rhy.solitarius here. After lunch S. and I