Porzana carolina Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1889 Maine Sept. 19 L. Umbagog. Shot a young bird which fell in the lake about 20ft from shore where the water was perhaps a foot deep. As I waded out to the bird it dove with all the agility of a duck and swam under water several yards keeping close to the bottom and using its wings precisely like a duck. After remaining under nearly half a minute it came to the surface and floated with half spread wings apparently much exhausted but a moment later it dove again. This time it tried to get hold of the bottom raising a cloud of muddy soil that finally obscured and concealed it. It was shot in the body. 20 While lying in wait for ducks at about 6.30 P.M. saw a Rail flying about over the marsh in the twilight. There it passed me skimming close over the grass its legs drawn up its flight swift and straight. 24 Carolina Rails scattered all over the Moon Point marsh this evening calling to one another kek, kr-r-ck in low, feble, grating tones. The water was fully two feet deep among the grass.