33 UPTON, MAINE 1872 June 2 - 14 same incline "drumming" also as it descends: the sound pro- duced is much like the roll of Bonasa umbellus, but is shorter, more hurried, without the preliminary beats, and less loud al- though it may be heard at a considerable distance in still weather. (A ♀ with one (of ten) chick 5 days old June 28/73.) Botaurus Lentiginosus. Nest with five fresh eggs June Ardea herodias. Several nests with eggs slightly incubated June 2. 19. Bernicla canadensis. Were told that they let occasionally in the lake during the migrations. Anas obscura. Saw two large flocks on Cambridge meadows June 9th. These, the hunters informed us, were the old drakes, which associate to-gether in large companies after the females have commenced incubation. 20. Bucephala americana. Breeds sparingly: a nest containing four eggs of this and one of L.cucullatus was found in a "stub" about fifteen feet high by Mr. G. Stone, June 3rd. 21. Mergus serrator(?) Saw a pair on Cambridge meadows June 9th Said to breed. L.cucullatus Commonest duck and Aix sponsa rare --73. 22. Mergus americanus. Common breeding. 23. Philohela minor. Said to be increasing rapidly. Started a female and four young June 5, the latter were so well grown that it was with difficulty that I could distinguish them from the parent bird as they rose: how they could have been raised in so short a time was a mystery as we were told that three