Philohela minor. 
Lake Umbagog. 
1887, 
September 15. Woodcock shooting oil the road to A ndover. 
Starting at 9 A.M. I drove through Upton to the bridge o- 
ver the Swift Cambridge. First tried the edges of the farm beyond 
but they are not suitable grounds for Woodcock and I saw no signs 
of birds there. On a knoll just beyond the bridge, however, I 
found three cock and on a hillside opposite two more, killing all- 
five in six shots. All were among brakes, quite outsiae uhe woods 
in openings among pasture spruces. They were fine oirds in nearly 
full autumnal feather and shrill "whistles" rising strongly and 
flying fast. 
September 17. Woodcock shooting in Sargent opening . 
To the extreme upper end of the Sargent clearing (where 
the Mollidgewank path enters the woods) in the forenoon, having 
heard of woodcock there. This report proved true ior I found four 
birds and shot three of them. All were among brakes, two on the 
edge of spruces, the other two quite in the open. The first two 
birds wore very shy and cunning, rising and flying so as to keep 
out of sight behind the spruces. 
