Rye Beach, N. H. 1871 Sept. 1 morning two G. flavipes came through. Through the day saw nothing but a few Peeps. In the afternoon saw an immense flight of Chordillas pupurea passing South, probably several hundreds, flying in a large won flock of nearly a mile in length. Sept. 1 Clear and cool with North wind shifting to N. East in the afternoon. At daybreak found two flocks of Dun. divers on the Old pond or rather the overflowed marsh adjoining it; one flock contained about twenty, and the other seven birds. The larger flock was approached by a Mr. [illegible], who sculled his boat some within about twenty five yards without the slightest alarm, and when fired into, the other flock which was feeding a few hundred yards off did not fly. The first flock broke on end, left the pond at once but four falling from the smaller flock the remaining three flew only about two hundred yards off and were easily approached in a boat and secured; one of them proved to be an immature Spatula clypeata. Later in the morning another flock of four came into this pond. At sunset a flock of four G. flavipes passed through and still later four G. melanoceua and a single Ac. maculata. A flight of Peeps also started, five or six large flocks being observed on the forenoon as well as a few Fig. Semipalmatus.