Rye Beach, N. H. 91 1872 July 30-Aug.5 as they were too small. Saw Hel. nycticalla, Cant. orio and R. patrapa. Turdus flallasi is still in full song. "31 Cloudy in P.M. Still nothing flying, in the morning saw a snow white albino swallow on the marsh but before I could get down then it had gone. Aug. 1 Clear and pleasant : no birds. "2 Clear with S.E. wind in P.M. About 2 o'clock fair or big flocks of G. flavipes ? M. griseus started and I killed a single bird of each. Charlie Carter came this evening to spend his vacation here. "3 S.E. from all day with driving fog & rains. At 9 A.M. a flight of Red breast Thrushes started, but before they could get down they stopped and we did not find a shot. Saw the first Ac. Bartramius. Met Messrs. Tucker & Garland on the marsh. "4 Clear with S.W. wind. No flight. "5 Clear with S.E. wind, Spent the day in the woods starting at 9 and getting back at 4 P.M. Tramped about 10 miles and shot up 2 groups one of which a young bird I killed. I also shot a "grak" at about 50 yds. lying, breaking his wing. Turdus flallasi has three different notes besides the song; a chuck, a sort of mewing complaining cry, and a portament aspirated, almost whistling, and rather patriotic note common also to G. migratorius, Am. palustris, Car. fuscescens & T. fusca