Marston's Mills, Barnstable Co., Mass. 36 1871 October Sturna hirundo (a macroura) was seen. The great event of the day was the capture of a very broken Sturna Caspica that had come ashore on the beach and we were afterwards much delighted to see several of the big fellows fishing a short distance out, and coming down with the two Stern plungers; perhaps a dozen were seen altogether. Coming back along the beach saw a flock of about twenty Adox ferodias sitting in the beach, something Mr. Marshland tells me altogether unique for that place. Heard probably the last Dol. originous. Centerville Cape Cod. Oct. 17 Arrived here this evening at 1.30 and stayed three days shooting up with Mr. Sidney Baxter whom we found a most kind and obliging host. Our first day Oct. 18th we killed only six Rail and three Snipe; this bird has most singular habits; we were informed by several reliable persons that they were abundant all through the winter along the edge of the salt marshes, when fresh springs could force the ground. We found them almost dearshaft, frequently flushing them at the same time with Astragalus onocotata and Siringa alpina which lay in the way; I saw him for the first time after its birth was a smaller tweet any like that of the Rail. The English Snipe also found in little pond holes only a few rods square in the midst of the woods. The second day we took a town, inland course: shot down 27 Rail and three