Merganser americanus. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1900. Sept. 16. As we were approaching (the Stones and I had been pad- dling on the Lake) Moose Point a flock of 14 Goosanders came in from the Lake and alighted close to the shore. We sat mo- tionless in the canoes for sometime watching them. After swimming about a while in the shallow water they landed and stood in along row on the mud facing us. Their positions while thus engaged were nearly erect or rather more erect than the true Anas stands, but when they walked about as they did freely and not ungracefully for such heavy birds they carried their bodies nearly horizontal. When we paddled in towards them they flew directly from the mud, rising as easily as from the water. About a week ago I saw four and yesterday two young Goosanders that were still in the "flapper" stage and unable to fly.