Page Beach, N. H. 1871 Aug. 25. Morning broke cloudy and damp with a light wind from the S. SWst. By 9 A. M. the sun came out and the wind for the rest of the day was very light at times almost dying out. The day was about the hottest of the season. A very large flight of birds commenced at daybreak and lasted without intermission through the day: although probably not nearly so many flew as on the 16th yet they were so total and came into the dreeys as well, that one bag was much larger than on that day, counting up to sixty large birds. G. flavius of course represented the largest part of the flight but to our surprise M. griseus also flew in great numbers and flocks of fifteen or twenty big birds; all these beyond event in the immature plumage. I'm sorry every flock of G. flavius was two or three G. melanoleuca, then always taking the lead and forming within a square from three great fumes; they however came in rapidly enough to the decoy if my person was well concealed. Brotteromus maculata were unusually abun- dant flying for the most part singly or in pairs though we saw one flock of eight or ten. M. Bonapartei was also rather frequent perhaps a dozen being observed, and I took my first Sain rubescens a single bird in company with A. maculata. Three or four Bqr. Helvetica came through the marsh and then was a good flight overhead of Ac. Batrarius the first saw for some time. Early in the morning a large Cirlow which