Midway Co., Mass. 96 MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1875. April 22 I had heard it and by what it was produced, -- on the Belmont meadows some five or eight years back, and by a Wilcox wife. Creeping down to the edge of the marsh I and peering through the brush by which it was at this point flunged I was much delighted to spy a big fine old Gallinago basking in the sun on the top of a large tussock, and looking a little more closely I made out several more on adjoining elevations. Climbing up on a large stump and making myself as comfortable as possible, I watched them for about an hour and a half and was even then loath to interfere with their quiet moods. Not suspecting my presence in the least though within 30 yds. of them they pursued their wonted avocations with perfect freedom from fear. One large fellow sitting on the top of a little mound full in the warm beams of the morning sun dozed for minutes at a time certain moving and frequently repositioned on or let only the other drawn off away his feathers. Another was cleansing his plumage with his bill boarding the long member most dexterously and drawing through it as it were the feather of his wide spread tail. Two or three of the company, and I soon made out seven individuals within a radius of a few yards) now always