124 1873. Sept. 18 in mature within the last week; the birds y species are fast assuming their autumnal tints or a few cold nights have banished nearly all the more delicate summer species of birds. Among the warblers only two species are left in any numbers—D. coronata. I saw one each of Parula anc. Rend, maculosa & D. striata but the chirping borders of thin birds that a few days since filled the woods, are gone. Zon albicollis & junco by, with Parus atrii, P. luridai, & Regulus fat. & D. coronata are now the prominent species in the woods. Passer. domesticus & M. palustris on the marsh. Chry. pinus are coming about the hour again in large, whirling, scentric flocks, and I heard a single Chry. solitariae to day. Sp. varius is still present in small numbers as is Chry. trice Mr. G. Hayward informs me that Merus ams wanted Yurdas mig. winter here every gear in small numbers, the former fishing the eddies in the streams. Sept. 19 Cloudy & rained hard all day. I spent the day about the barn but much troubled by thrombosis in my hip. 20 Cloudy & clear alternately. Rained very hard last night. After dinner started up & was in the mill. I found that stream much swollen by the late rains, flowing nearly bank full with a rapid current. Shot my birds the best a Parus—birdsome in full fall shimmerage. G. C. Brown came on this evening from Bethel & Barstow started up the