Concord, Mass. 
1894. detour over the meadow, came out on the bank directly above 
Oct. 11 him, and killed him as he flew off. I have been thus circum- 
to 
Nov. 21. stantial in describing the shooting if these birds for the 
(No. 4). reason that they have been given to Clark to be mounted for my 
New England collection. 
I saw the next Wood Duck, a female, on Oct. 25th, swim- 
moiag close to the shore at Ball's Hill afuttle above the cabin 
Saw a pair on the evening of the 1st Nov., and a drake 
in the river at the Holt on Nov. 15th. 
