Aug. 1873 Upton, Maine. 1873 Aug. 17 the bird. Red Diving is flying about constantly in large flocks Aug. 18 Cloudy & warm. In forenoon paddled raider up to the mouth of the Diamond & took trout all small. Shot two rust. Cl. finias & a de. D. juniperica. In P.M. Mr. Spencer drove me up to the dam in "the Diamond" when he took my good trout but I did not get a run. 19 Cloudy & threatening rain. After breakfast rode out to Sturdevant pond, a beautiful little sheet of water... At noon started down river from the Steamboat landing on my boat, shooting a young whittier by the way & stopping to fish a white at Bottle Brook when I caught a half lb. trout. Heard what I took to be Suprimum pullosine: its boot was like whoo, whoo whoo whoo whoo-a grim in both a soft coing tone. Was how taken aboard by the Steamboat & reached Upton A S.P.M shooting a night hawk out on the lake I nearly dropping it into the boat. Heard a snipe (S. wilsoni) at the Outlet, found Barton on the boat. 20 Clear & warm. In A.M. caught a small trout & shinned my kids. In P.M. put up a large cock in front of the barn but lost him my first bassel missing fin