Gallinago Wilsonii, Say; fuscus et Bergh slegg April 2 and — 1875— our long looked for friend the Wilson snipe. Marking it down behind Phil, Dorothy? I started for the spot but are I got with 200 yds it was off again I out of sight. Shortly after I got up two mon near the dam place both hiding out of range going off unshot at though I had just walked by within 15 ft. of when one of them had been lying, though the sight of these familiar favorites was most welcome I am entirely at a loss to account for this appearance so early in the season. Not the most shutland spring hole is as yet fairly thawed out of the meadow patches when they lay were as hard as rocks, the tigles have not yet commenced their merry jumping the Snibids have been with us near a week and on short cut a single titer has Nature as yet given that the was ready for their presence. May they not play dearly for this bashness. Among the tussocks when the second bird rose I found a few feathers and droppings but they were gentle fresh and I have every reason to believe that all them had just dropped in to this old haunt of theirs. Continuing my walk up as far as the fern finding what was my longer long confirmation, to find this old favourite resort of mine nearly unrecognizable, completely obliterated in fact. For the woodchopper had