Coots-,' 
Lexington, Mass. 
I have not seen the Coots since day before yesterday. I im- 
agine they have passed on or else been shot, Slhey feel within gun>-* 
shot of the shore and were very tame, so that they were sure to fall 
a prey to some gunner if they remained there many days. 
Walter Faxon (letter April29,I392. ) 
Lexington-. 
Mass. 
Coots. ( Pul iea ) . 
There has been a pair of Coots (Fuliea) here (Lexington) in the 
meadow for three daysy They keep close in shore & the wonder is 
they don* t get shot. I wish they would breed here. 
Walter Faxon (letter April 27, 1892). 
Coot. (Fuliea) 
North Adams, Mass. 
On the 2I;S1fc I saw a Coot, ( Ful ica ) on the Cheshire Reservo ir„ 
as I was riding by in the cars. This reservoir is a long pond 
formed by damming the Hoosic River. I think I shall go over there 
tomorrow. ( 
Walter Faxon (letter June 26, 1892), 
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