1888, 
October 6. 
Actodromas maculate. 
Head of Lake Umbagog. 
Down the river some .300 yds.cane upon two Trin^a maculata 
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sitting on a mat of floating grass. 
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The Grass Birds flew off and pitched down near the Out- 
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let. Going to the spot we flushed a flock of ten. I killed eight 
of them in a few minutes several simply flying.. They were ab¬ 
surdly tame. 
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1894, Lake Umbagog. 
September 12. Outl et Marshes. 
Starting down river under sail I had gone only a short v 
distance when five Pectorals came flying past at very long range. 
I fired one barrel only, bringing down a single bird. The other 
four alighted on the flat opposite the entrance to Leonard’s Pond. 
I followed and on reaching the place quickly discovered two of the 
birds standing motionless among some thin grass. Although I knew 
that the other two must be very near I could not see them, but I 
presently made out a Wilson’s Snipe standing not far from the Pec¬ 
torals in a statuesque attitude and only partially concealed by 
the grass. After a while he came out on the bare mud and began 
feeding with the Pectorals. All three birds "bored" in an essen¬ 
tially similar manner but the downward thrusts of the Snipe were 
more rapid and vigorous than those of his companions and he seemed 
to have much more success, bringing up and swallowing something 
at every second ot third thrust. I did not wish to kill the 
Snipe sitting, but one of the Pectorals looked so much like a 
Baird's Sandpiper that when the two came together I fired and all 
