Chatham, Mass. 1876. (May 6) is very similar but I think more rapid than that of any of the birds that I am acquainted with. Large gulls were decisively abundant & a number of murmurs being the only ones recognized! The former were [illegible] Nearly all immature, while of the latter there was not a single adult seen. Some small flocks of Bemicle bsanta, members of Murgus serrator and a few flocks of Adinias fusca now seen flying about. Loons, all C. torquatus, were quite numerous and we heard the calling frequently. Off the boarding clubhouse we espied a small flock of birds sitting on a grassy island and bowling up killed 10 of them with four barrels. The invasion was not only a short distance and I killed them all (four) in a few shots They proved to be [illegible] Americana the first I had ever seen alive yet from spring dress. I recognized them before we got within range by their conspicuously long bills. They stood very erect but when feeding walked about in a crouching position like the other tringas. The note which I heard a number of times was totally unlike that of any other marsh bird I have heard! It is a very distinct calling whistle now like the whittles perhaps than any other bird's, One that I picked up with broken return this cry continuously and so loudly that it bounded almost like a shriek.