Aug. 30 - 1874 Sunday Aug. 30 Has a fin day. Had a heavy thunder storm about 9mst. Spent the day about the house. Capt A. Yicket informs me that Scimus Carolinensis was one year (about 1860) very abundant on the Megalway when numerous were shot; a few were also seen about the same time at Errol N.H. Both since [illegible] furious to that time now have been seen. Aug. 31 Clear and warm. Started out immediately after breakfast with S. taking the Tyler road. Found birds rather scare but I made a fair bag nevertheless, 10 birds in all. The best were Vireo Phil. [illegible] y.y.), Antros. vociferus 1 (att 1), D. Caeruleans 2 ([illegible]) D. Black (y.y.q in very unique pl.), Sitta Can & Colaptes auratus (y.y.q). The Vireo was in nearly the same place as then taken on the 29th; nothing was observed concerning it. The Whip-poor-will I shot near the Tyler opening in a stunted second growth of buck on burnt land; it was perfectly silent & I killed it at a very hard cross shot, flying. Shot also a D. Striata and saw a number of others. The Colaptes had