Philo dela minor. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1872. June 5. Among the thickly growing young firs and spruces behind the mill I started a female with a brood of four young. Which were so well grown that they looked scarce- ly smaller than the old bird and flew equally well. The ice is said to have gone out of the Lake only three weeks before this date. (1873. June, / taken 95 (2462). Upton Mc., coll W. Brewer. Banded - Sept 2. / taken outside (1873) 1873. Aug. 2. At the lower settlement on the Megalloway I was told that this species had lately appeared and was get- ting abundant. " 12. On the muddy bank of Cambridge River about two miles above the dam, I came upon a Woodcock which was feeding on the edge of the water. Still further up I found the mud, both on the bank and among the alders, bored in many places by these birds. " 14. Again to-day, found numerous borings along the heavily timbered banks of Cambridge River above the dam. Sept. 14. Five more started among the dense young firs and spruces behind the mill. 1874. July 25. Started five from a spring-hole behind the house. Aug. 4. Beat all the cover on Upton Hill without starting a bird. The season is very wet, and it is probably that they have taken to the forest. Sept. 10. Started five and killed four in the cover by the Lake on the Sargent Farm. Only one or two whistled, the others rising with a heavy flumtborland going off si- lontly. They were nearly through the moult however. 1876. June 2. Early in the evening heard one calling in the birches on the edge of Abbott's pasture. Upon comparing his cry with that of the Nighthawks circling over head at the time I found it to be very similar but less loud and more vibrating. The Woodcock finally rose whistling sharply and ascended in an easy spiral to the height of at least six hundred feet, then sang exactly as noted in April 1874, but more feebly. He afterwards uttered his cry for a long time but did not rise again. 67