Philohela minor. Lake Umbagog. 1887, September 15. Woodcock shooting on the road to Andover. Starting at 9 A.M. I drove through Upton to the bridge over the Swift Cambridge. First tried the edges of the farm beyond but they are not suitable grounds for Woodcock and I saw no signs of birds there. On a knoll just beyond the bridge, however, I found three cock and on a hillside opposite two more, killing all five in six shots. All were among brakes, quite outside the woods in openings among pasture spruces. They were fine birds in nearly full autumnal feather and shrill "whistles" rising strongly and flying fast. September 17. Woodcock shooting in Sargent opening. To the extreme upper end of the Sargent clearing (where the Mollidgewank path enters the woods) in the forenoon, having heard of woodcock there. This report proved true for I found four birds and shot three of them. All were among brakes, two on the edge of spruces, the other two quite in the open. The first two birds were very shy and cunning, rising and flying so as to keep out of sight behind the spruces.