86 UPTON, MAINE 1874 September 2.- 3 September 2. Clear and cool with bracing N. wind. After break- fast started for a paddle up Cambridge river. In the alders be- low the house I made a good snap shot at a pigeon and shot also a fine young ♂ H.ludoviciana. While wrapping him up two birds passed over my head at a great pace, flying close to-gether like pigeons. I shot the nearest one and found that it was a Falco sparverius, a y.y. bird in fine plumage. Taking the boat up river I got 5 or 6 birds D.maculosa 2, Sitta can. l, etc. Saw several very large flocks of warblers but they were quite shy. Saw also a Trochilus col. probably about the last. Skinned birds all P.M. September 3. Cloudy, muggy and smoky. Heavy gale of wind with rain late in P.M. S. and I took the sail boat up lake in the morning and disembarked at Leonards pond. Lay in the natrows for ducks for two hours or so, and S. got several shots killing one Querquedula discors from a flock of 8 which lit near him. I had only one shot, a long one which I missed. Killed a Pere- soreus canadensis and heard a P.arcticus. After eating dinner we paddled down river and landing tried for snipe flushing three all of which I killed the first rise without missing. While eating lunch we amused ourselves with feeding the chubs, multi- tudes of which soon collected around the boat. Putting my hand down among them they would nibble fearlessly at my fingers and I found no difficulty in catching even large ones in my hand. Took the steamer at the outlet and found that she had struck a rock at Bottlebrook and was leaking badly. Spoff Flint was