Aix s' -onsa . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1894 . Near the mouth of the Illegalloway I stalked a flock of 15 
Sept.13. Wood Ducks in a small pond just over the west bank. They 
heard me (it was dead still at the time) and were so alert 
and suspicious that I was forced to take a very long shot, 
getting one bird with each barrel. That killed by the second 
shot fell dead on the water but the other (the one shot at 
sitting) flew across the meadow to the edge of the woods when 
Will caught him after a hot chase over fallen logs and through 
brush heaps. Both were young birds. 
189 G* As I was returning from Peaslee's Spring to Lakeside, I 
Aug.9. surprised a brood of ten Wood Ducks feeding in shallow water 
near the eastern end of the larger pond. Not one of them 
could fly apparently but they.scattered in every direction 
and using their wings and feet like young Goosanders got into 
the grass very quickly. Such a squealing and fluttering as 
they made on first seeing me. 
i 
