L.Umbagog. Bonasa n. togata. 1890. Sept. Oct.- During this autumn Ruffed Grouse have been very scarce except in two limiter areas. They have been unusually shy, in fact nearly or quite as much so as they are in Massachusetts. These facts are partly explained by the further fact that they are nearly all of them old birds. Of fifteen dead birds which I examined personally only one was of this years hatching and about this pro- portion was maintained among those killed by Mr. Sherman (about 40) and Mr. Dwinell (42). The Partridge hunters of the region were bitterly disappointed for an unusually large number of breeding birds were left over from last year and broods of young were seen frequently during the summer. Foxes and Hawks were generally charged with their distruction but Mr Sherman tells me that the first young bird he shot in early September had a ahlf a dozen or more wood ticks fastened on its head and I believe that these in- sects were really at the bottom of the matter. Near Erroll and about East B. Hill Partridges were in fully the usual numbers and several large flocks or broods of young were met with.