14 THE WREN. 
Greater Yellow Legs; very rare migrant. I saw one bird of this 
species on the shore of the pond October 21. It looked a little 
small but it is very improbable that the bird was of the lesser vari- 
ety. After watching this unexpected visitor for some minutes it 
flew off toward Brookline giving its call note in a subdued tone. 
Barron Brainerd. 
A TRIP TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD. 
On December 29 I left the Back Bay station at 12:44 with my 
friend Barron Brainerd for a trip to Martha’s Vineyard. We went 
first to New Bedford where the train connected with the steamer 
“Uncatena.” ; 
Once on board the Uncatena we were soon steaming across 
Buzzard’s Bay which seemed to be alive with various species of 
water birds. As the weather was mild with all the wind astern, 
it was easy to stand on the forward deck and watch the ducks. 
Eyery few minutes the boat started a small bunch of ducks, usually 
Old Squaws. Often we could see Scoters, almost always the 
white-winged species, although we saw twenty-four Surf Scoters 
as well. We saw four Northern and two Red-throated Loons 
from the steamer. One of the larger ones endeavored to fly at 
the boat’s approach, but was unable to do so, because he tried to 
rise with the wind. We also had an exhibition of the poor starting 
qualities of the Horned Grebe. We saw about a dozen of these 
birds between New Bedford and Wood’s Hole. Many of them 
flew, but their feet hit the tops of about every wave and their 
flight did not last long. One little grebe flew straight for the 
steamer; he was forced to drop into the water and dive to avoid 
hitting her. On some rocks at Woods Hole we saw two Bona- 
parte’s Gulls, their light feet being plainly visible. 
After leaving Woods Hole the light was too poor to identify any 
more birds, and by the time that we arrived at Edgartown it was 
dark. 
At Edgartown we were met by a fellow who drove us to a small 
camp on Swan Neck. ‘he next morning we got up about 4:30, 
had some breakfast and proceeded to the shore of the pond. 
About 6:30 we crept into a blind to study ducks at close range, but 
