47 UPTON, MAINE 1873 August 23 August 23. Cleared up this morning. Barstow and Mr. Fullerton left for the Mid. dam this morning. After breakfast Mr. Godwin and I started up C. river and he paddled me up about two miles. I shot three wood ducks in two shots, all on the water, and a Sol.sandp. flying. The A.sponss were I think all adt. though in nearly the plumage of the young . Saw large numbers of small birds and was lucky enough to get a My.pussillus y.y. in 2nd plumage: whether this bird was raised in the vicinity or not must be of course a matter of conjecture,but am inclined to think that it was, as I have seen no evidence as yet of any influx of small birds from the north,although many of the birds have evidently left here. Birds have almost entirely stopped singing: even Zon.albicollis is heard but seldom and occasionally Parula am. and Vireos.olivacea and solitarius. Chordeiles popetue still keep up their booming and on still nights I see them out on the lake in large flocks. Rhy.solitarius and Ceryle alcyon are not 1/3 as abundant as they were in July and the blackbirds have nearly all left us. At the Megalloway birds are much later apparently than here: thus I heard Turdus pallasii there August 19th and Z.albicollis rang morning and evening. The young of Chry.pinus are now all on wing and they are forming into large flocks: I think they must breed and the average about a week in advance of Ch.tristis as a few young of that species are beginning to appear. I frequently see ospreys sailing about: they have a note here I never heard before, a short