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upon the water and there, to our surprise, were two Pied-billed 
Grebes. ‘They dove frequently and did not give us much chance 
to see them. 
As we walked on, Marsh Hawks hovered over the wet meadow 
in search of their prey. In a good-sized willow tree, we noticed a 
large hawk perching upon the topmost branch. When we looked 
at him through the glass, he turned out to be a Rough-legged Hawk. 
As we approached he rose and slowly flew away. Fox Sparrows 
and White-throats were seen together in a dense thicket. On our 
way back we saw against the darkening sky two great Blue Herons. 
This was an appropriate bird with which to end up the day, for 
me a most interesting one. 
Carlyle Morris. 
A FEW EXPERIENCES WITH BIRDS AT ALTON BAY, 
NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
ALTON Bay is the extreme southerly arm of Lake Winnipesaukee. 
The pretty little Merrymeeting River, the largest inlet to the lake 
has its source in Merrymeeting Lake, a beautiful sheet of water 
hidden among the hills. After many miles of meandering, this 
little river finally enters the lower end of the bay. The country is 
mountainous, sparsely settled, much of it thickly wooded, and a 
favorable one for birds. 
In 1907, I had the good fortune to spend the last week of June and 
first week of July at Alton Bay. The one hotel had been burned 
the winter before and not yet rebuilt, so we were obliged to go to a 
boarding-house, which was situated on high ground overlooking 
both the lake and river. It was possible here to get in close inti- 
macy with the birds of the vicinity. 
The most interesting species to me was the kingbird. I found 
two of their nests. One was in a bush overhanging the river. By 
pushing the stern of the boat underneath the bush and standing on 
the seat one could look into the nest. When first observed it con- 
tained three eggs. These were white with large reddish brown 
spots. A few days after, two of the eggs had hatched, and the 
young were covered with reddish brown down and looked like little 
balls. A week later the little birds were considerably bigger, and 
