Anas obscura. Lake Umbagog, Maine. Evening at Moose Point. 1900. come over the marsh at a safe height and then descend into Sept.8. the middle portions they would be in little or no danger. (No. 2) Some of the flocks and many of the single birds have appa- rently learned this and of those which encircle the marsh the majority now avoid the high banks along the shores of the Lake where we secrete ourselves. As they course back and forth over the wide expanse they alternately appear in strong relief against the afterglow in the western sky and disap- pear for a moment against some dark cloud or the black moun- tain masses beyond the Megalloway River valley. After satis- fying themselves that no danger lurks in the marsh they de- scend on set wings making a rushing sound, like that of wind in pines and a succession of loud splashes as their heavy bodies strike the water. After alighting they frequently thrash the water with their wings and for minutes at a time the marsh fairly rings with the loud quacking of the ducks and the wheezy, asthmatic calls of the drakes.