Fringa bairdii 1896 Lake Umbagog. September 3rd shot. 5'/min Sept. 3. Shot two on the mud flats at the Outlet. They started on the right banks and alighted on the left within 50 yards of a small fork of Greenwater - but instead of joining the latter they kept walking away from them. I watched them fully fifteen minutes before shooting. Their manner of fishing was essentially the same as that of Greensands. They moved about very quickly making short runs in different directions across the soft mud or through shallow water picking up morsels of food during the pause but not even feeding to drop depth. Some of their runs were eight or ten feet in length and very hastily made. When they saw me approaching they stopped and stood very erect with necks stretched up to the full length watching me silently & with evident distrust but when I got within about 30 yards & somewhat steadily became reassured and began feeding again. One of them took a bath, wading into a pool up to its belly disdubbing its head and wringing its wings to scatter the water and its back precisely in the manner of a Sparrow or Wren. This flight like that of most of the smaller waders was very swift & erratic. The flight note, frequently given, was deep, deep sweet like that of the Sandpiper but distinct enough from the call of any Sandpiper known to me. Although they were 200 yards away when they started I felt sure out over, that they were Baird's Sanderlings. The form and make-up of any other species is quite different & that has a very different note. On this ground the combination of fine white underparts, buffy breast and squamate upper parts is sufficient to determine the bird at a glance in a good light. These two specimens are not at all fat. They found wholly on small insects. Both were males & at least one an old bird.