Philoliela minor . 
Lake Umbagog, 
1896. 
Maine. 
Singing. 
Our Lakeside Woodcock fairly outdid himself to-night. 
May 17. 
He began peeping at about 7.30 in the field iae lo g. the road a 
bout ten yards from the edge of the cover and not over 60 yards 
from the nest. I thought at first that he was going to sing 
here but after peeping at rather wide and irregular intervals 
for a few minutes he rose and flew to the top of the hill be¬ 
hind the barn (the old place), skimming low over the ground 
but rising four or five feet above the top spre-ad of the 
barbed wire fence as if aware of its position and danger. 
Upon reaching the hill-top he began his song flights going up 
every minute or minute and a half for the next half hour but 
ceasing before it became quite dark. His mate probably laid 
her third egg to-day but we did not visit the nest u o see. 
