Irenja Bairdii 1896. Lake Umbagog. Sept. 5 On flying about over the marsh occasionally alighting for a moment but appearing restless & uneasy and refusing to join any of the flocks of Grebe or a pair of Cig. [illegible] which were feeding quietly on the pond at the Outlet. When the bird came so near that I plainly saw its buffy breast band & white under parts but I got only one long flying shot & missed. I know the flight was many times too much better advantage than on the 3rd and I should now write it creep or crept instead of kept. 1897 Sept. 7 Two birds seen by Pinchin on the same beach near Whales Back Cove and described by him as "about the size of Bonapartes Gull but with buffy breast & grizzled wings" were probably of this species. They were very tame.