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the only bird that came in was a female Scaup. After a while we 
got tired of shivering and seeing no ducks so we got up and walked 
‘around seeing American Mergansers, Golden-eyes, Horned Grebes, 
Buffleheads, a Red-throated Loon and a few land birds. 
We were back at the camp again before nine and started off on a 
walk around the heads of the coves and down to the shore. In the 
middle of the pond was a raft of ducks numbering about 900 indi-. 
viduals, mostly Greater Scaups with a few Red-heads and Golden- 
eyes. . 
‘When we got down to the shore we started a couple of Ipswich 
Sparrows from the beach grass. We followed these up, starting 
more, until we could count over twenty Ipswich and a couple of 
Savanna Sparrows. We then went onto the beach and after 
following along there for a while, struck back into the beach grass 
again, starting twenty more Ipswich Sparrows and a couple of 
Savannas. 
In the pond and outside we saw a good many ducks, mostly 
Scoters, with an occasional Loon or a Red-breasted Merganser. 
As’ we retraced our steps up the beach we saw a Canada Goose 
standing on an exposed part of the beach. ‘Thinking him a cripple 
we armed ourselves with bottles and sticks, hoping to “get” him 
somehow. But the Goose was not as sick as we supposed him to 
be, and the last we saw of him he was flying heavily off in the 
direction of Noman’s Land. 
We got back to the camp about twelve and after preparing lunch, 
drove over to our friend’s house. On the drive over we saw a 
bird at the head of a long cove. When examined through the glass 
he turned out to be a Canvasback. Our friend attempted to stalk 
him, but was unable to do so on account of insufficient cover. 
About half past two our friend drove us out onto the plains to 
visit the Heath Hen colony. On the drive out we saw a few 
Rough-legged Hawks, one of which did his hovering “‘stunt”’ for 
us, and a Bald Eagle. Finally, after much driving through sandy 
roads we reached the farm where we left our horse and started on a 
walk for the cornfield where the.birds are fed by the warden. As 
we approached it we saw one Heath Hen fly onto a corn stock, and 
others sitting on the ground. Suddenly a bunch of about 50 birds 
flew up and sailed off. A couple of moments later 42 more got up 
