MacLea 1967 C. melanostos 4. [18 June] beginning to farm. 19 June Don and I saw a flock of ca. 20 ♂♀ feeding on wet marsh N.S. Micro Met. Another smaller flock was feeding West of those. Went back with the shotgun in the evening but the birds were gone. 21 June Collected 4 ♂♀ from a flock of c. 30 scattered about feeding in wet marsh between AACS and Micro- Met. In the evening a larger flock - >60, but too spread out for a good count - was feeding in Central Marsh. Birds were feeding on islands of saturated ground rather than in the standing water which covers most of the Marsh. Don collected 1 (SM730). A small group was feeding in the flooded marsh W. of Gasoline Ridge- mostly along the q.d. wedgel road. 23 June Flocks are again conspicuous, but single, scattered ♂♀ are still seen. Saw several lone ♂♀ in the area 3 and 2 of Family Creek-Family Lagoon. Still few ♂♀ and no nests. 24 June Removed 4 ♂♀ from a flock of 40 flying around Beach Ridge East