Aythya collaris . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1S94. Immediately afterwards (Jim and I were on the Outlet 
Sept.25. Marshes ) six small Ducks appeared over the trees, circled a- 
roun'd the marshes and dropped into Leonard's Pond. They had 
a strange "look" and we at once started in pursuit of them. 
We found them sitting on the mud at the water's edge near the 
head of the island. Jim paddled me to within 40 yards when I 
ought to have fired for they took to the water and put up 
their necks but I hoped to get a little nearer and waited. 
The next instant they flew and I gave them both barrels kill¬ 
ing one bird and wounding another which, however, made off a- 
cross the woods flying very slowly and laboriously. The other 
four went down the pond and out over the Lake flying very 
swiftly in a close bunch. As we were approaching them I took 
them at first for Scaups but before they started I saw unmis¬ 
takably that they were all Ring-necks ( Aythya collaris ), a 
rare Duck here. 'The bird that I killed was a fine young male 
and I skinned it of course. I do not think that there were 
any but young birds (with possibly an old female ) in the 
flock. 
