194 Nantucket. 1875. Sept. 21. Local names of the shore birds. unmistakable note of S. paradisaea but was unable to shoot the bird, the young S. hirundos for the murmuring proportion to the adults of perhaps 1 to 3, the note is much the same but more shrill and querulous. Sometimes I saw one of the young birds following the adult and apparently begging for food. Calidris arenaria Ar. panpalmaius & E. pusillus are all abundant and one or two Y. minutilla were shot. Had a hard pull back against wind and tide, Stoping only once when I went ashore and made a most laborious walk up to a Ch. Virginicus which I fired at at long range I missed; the young bird of this species is known the 'pale bell'; the Sandpiper is called 'pesque' probably from its note before supper should the birds shot yesterday. Sept 22 Clear and very cold, Wind N.W., & flowing half a gale. Heard a horse and wagon & with Fiskett as much at out immediately after breakfast. Down over to Smith's beach (9 miles) seeing on the way a ducks, and a pair of Nemnius Horsinius. The latter son out of the grass not over 20 yds. from the wagon and upon Fiskett imitating this rolling whistle of S or 6 notes, came back and gave me a long about.