Oidemia americana. I888, Head of Lake Umbagog. September 30. I stop 20 Coots with the discharge of two barrels and bag I4 of them. At daybreak Luman saw two flocks of Sea Coots descend to the lake from the skies. After breakfast we brushed the boat and Luman paddled me to within forty yards of the larger flock which we found composed wholly of adult male Am.Black Scoters. They presented a superb appearance swimming slowly past our bows in broad long line about five or six Ducks abreast. Their yellow bills were very conspicuous. I shot number 4 into them on the water and B.B. as they rose. Fully 20 birds were left on the water, about 7 dead, the others variously wounded. I kept on shooting at the wounded and chased several a mile or more. We secured in all I4. At 10 A.M. started for Lakeside. Lunched at foot of Great Island. Thence to Sargent's Cove where we found a flock of 8 Surf Scoters. I shot three of them and also a female Am.Scooter . . . As we were going from the landing to the hotel in the twilight we heard and saw the big flock of Am.Scoters circling overhead, 1000 ft. or more high on their way to the sea. The com- bined clamor of their cries was exactly like sleigh bells. (The remarkable shot into the flock of Butter-billed Coots described a- bove was made with my I2 g. Fox gun weighing only 7 I/2 lbs.). I889, Lake Umbagog. October 16. Pine Point. Early this morning Jim shot a Scooter (O.americana) which was swimming past our landing. It was very thin and had a broken wing