Bonasa umbellus. togata. Lake Umbagog, Maine. Making a snickering noise. X 1897. At 9 A.M. I started up Cambridge River with Jim. x x x x Sept.29. On the way up I kept my gun ready most of the time and bagged two birds, a Partridge which I shot on the ground among some alders and a Sheldrake which I killed as it rose from the wa- ter. x x x x There were two Partridges together but the other bird escaped me. It flew up into a balsam and alighted behind a big cluster of twigs and foliage which concealed it almost perfectly and through which I feared the shot would not pene- trate. At length it started to fly again when I fired at but missed it. These Partridges attracted my attention by making the snickering noise which is so very like that of the Red Squirrel that most of the guides confess their inability to distinguish with certainty between the two animals. 43