520 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



one little bluebiil, and one helldiver; 10th-15th, many off Shady 

 Point and Arlington ; 15th, two hunters got 2 each ; the coots came 

 in near shore in the forenoon; 18th, noted; 19th, many on lake; 

 20th, many on lake, found 3 dead; 21st, not so numerous near 

 shore, but many far out ; 22d, still abundant ; a good deal of shoot- 

 ing; 23d, many coots and ducks, mostly well toward east side; much 

 shooting all day ; 26th, still abundant but mostly far out ; 27th, com- 

 mon ; 28th, common, very noisy in morning ; 29th, much less abund- 

 ant; 30th, noted. December 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, good many noted each 

 day ; 6th, today and yesterday in a thick flock not far from Outlet 

 busy diving and seeming to find a good deal to eat; feeding 

 voraciously in the forenoon ; often one comes up with a bit of food 

 and another grabs it; they were somewhat noisy and kept pretty 

 well out of range; 8th to 15th, noted as plentiful each day; one 

 hunter got 170, anothei' got a large number, one man on skates 

 caught 10 on the ice; a large number, perhaps 400 to 500, were 

 on the ice and many persons participated in the slaughter; 17th, 

 still a good many ; 18th. only a few left ; one man got 27 coots and 

 several ducks, catching most of them on the ice; found 10 dead 

 on the ice ; many people out picking up dead birds and those frozen 

 in the ice; 19th, a great many have been killed, not many left; 

 23d, a few off Knapp's pier ; 27th, none seen for several days ; 

 28th, a few seen flying off Long Point. 



1901. — January 1, a good many coots, together with butter- 

 balls and little bluebills in a small open pool; 2d, caught one on 

 the ice; they can run swiftly on quite slippery ice, flapping their 

 wings to help them; many in a pool in south end of lake; when 

 watched or approached, they get out on the ice ready to run ; 3d, 

 four in pool near the Weedpatch ; when diving for food they remain 

 under 9 to 16 seconds ; 4th, one still in the pool after all but can- 

 vasbacks have left ; 5th, two seen ; 7th, two seen, one dead at the 

 pool ; 8th, 9th, and 10th. one or more noted in the pool. March 

 24, and 29, several seen ; 31st, one seen in north end of Lost Lake 

 and one seen flying south of Shady Point. April 1, one at north 

 end of Lost Lake; 2d, two in Lost Lake; 3d and 4th, three near 

 the Deep Hole; 5th, one at north end of Lost Lake; 6th, three in 

 north end of Lost Lake ; three killed by a hunter ; 7th, fifty or more 

 near the south end east of Farrar's ; a sick one found, died soon ; 

 10th, a good flock near the Inlet ; one found dead ; 15th, a flock near 

 the Inlet; one found dead. May 16, a few seen. December 9, 

 common. 



1902. — October 19, many on the lake and feeding near the 

 shore; many in Outlet Bay and another flock east of Long Point; 



