Cambridge, Mass. 1909, March 16. her admirers with some interest. During their evolutions one or another Courtship of the Gooseanders of them would occasionally thrust his head straight upward to the full length of the neck but this position was never maintained for more than a fraction of a second. The distance was too great for me to make out if the bill were opened or not. I saw no other unusual movements of the head and neck which, indeed, were carried much as on ordinary occasions or perhaps somewhat higher and more erect. But I did see, and very many times, jets of water or spray rise into the air at the rear of drakes which were passing in line before the females. These were similar in every respect to those when the Whistler drakes throw up when "bleating" but the jets produced by the Gooseanders rose to a the greater height and apparently were somewhat broader, also. I could see them distinctly without the aid of my glass at a distance of half a mile. That they are an essential part of the ceremonial of courtship and that the Goose- ers like the Whistlers throw them up with a simple vigorous kick of the foot or (feet) I have no doubt although I failed this morning to obtained direct evidenc earing on the latter point. After watching the Gooseanders about half an hour from Hemlock Point we walked around the pond to the western side. When we got there the birds had ceased courting and were scattered about singly or in pairs or in small groups. Many of them were evidently