Aug. 19 - 1874 Aug. 19 Clear and cool. Spent the D.M. about the brown shinning birds &c. In P.M. took a them up on the hill with S. Oppost Pearships we found a flock of about a dozen pigeons & I fired three shots at them flying without success though I took feathers from two of my birds. S killed one sitting. Saw two S. Phil. I shot a young Solitary Turpentine de Berge (Leyton) 1 Holy Lindovicianus. Birds kind, is not an uncommon bird for I see them nearly every day. In the morning with wh several large arrivals at the lake house; among them Dr. Allen and Drs Greenough & Grew of Boston. Aug. 20 Cloudy and barred most of D.M. Spent the first part of the day in the brown shinning birds &c. Late in P.M. started up on "the hill" with Stone. Oppost Pearships we found a flock of about twenty five pigeons and got a number of shots at them. I brought down two from the very 1 S shot one from a tree. They were quite tame and were attracted them by the blueberries & raspberries. Their flight is 9