126 1873. Upton, Maine. Sept. 22 of the common ground squirrel. Saw of Glaucis D. coronata about. D. macular virul, A virid do. Parula am do. Gesti. trichas do v D. cambicus do: The chink of the latter species is exactly like that of some humalis. Sitta can. is getting very about, Saw a few Chry. trisla & junias & a prigs. Why potatins, also one Sp. varius. Am I to chased any birds; Sept. 23 cloudy & cold. Heat most of the day packing up. " 24 Left the lake for home this morning in a pouring rain. The scenery was very through chilled & obscured to own degree by the dark gloomy morning, that foliage on the mountain sides had mostly reached its perfection of autumn Splendor and exhibited all its gorgeous coloring to perfection in contrast with the dark firs & Spruce. On the watch a rf. grouse walked out into the road in front of the horse & survived us coolly until we were marsh where her, then with a short flight disappeared among the yellow birches. Near Bethel we began to see numbers of Minias (or) along the roadside; did not observe them at all this year at Upton. Reached Cambridge at 9/14 & found all well