Clangula clangula americana. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1897. packed closely with them and the absence of as many as four then June 8. would as certainly have left a gap that he could scarcely have failed to notice. He is by no means certain that there were more than six young and two eggs last night. Partially concealing one of the boats (we had taken two) among the stubs about 30 yards from the nest and stretching myself at full length on the bottom with my head raised just enough to enable me to look over the gunwale I lay there per- fectly motionless for over an hour. No Duck of any kind ap- peared until 5.10 when a female Whistler came from the direc- tion of the Megalloway and without any preliminary circling alighted on the water a few yards from the nest. After float- ing motionless on the calm surface for at least two minutes with head and neck erect and evidently watching and listening intently she flew directly to the lower hole (Watrous says she entered at the top of the hollow last night) and alight- ing on its lower edge stood there for an instant flapping her wings a little to maintain her balance. Then she popped in throwing up her spread tail just as her body disappeared much as a Duck often does when diving. I saw nothing more of her although I watched the hole closely for another hour at the end of which time (6.15) Gilbert who had been to the boat for his breakfast came to relieve me and to keep guard while I had