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1872 
June 2-14 
same incline '’drumming’* also as it descends: the sound pro¬ 
duced is much like the roll of Bonasa umbellus, but is shorter, 
more hurried, without the preliminary beats, and less loud al¬ 
though it may be heard at a considerable distance in still 
weather. (A % with one (of ten) chick 5 days old June 28/73.) 
Botaurus Len t lginosus . Nest with five fresh eggs June 
Ardea herodias . Several nests with eggs slightly incubated 
June 2. 
19. Bernicla canadensis . Were told that they let occasionally 
in the lake during the migrations. 
Anas obscura . Saw two large flocks on Cambridge meadows June 
9th. These, the hunters informed us, were the old drakes, which 
associate to-gether in large companies after the females have 
commenced incubation. 
20. Bucephala american a. Breeds sparingly: a nest containing 
four eggs of this and one of L.cucullatus was found in a "stub” 
about fifteen feet high by Mr. G. Stone, June 3rd. 
21 • Fergus se rrator (? )Saw a pair on Cambridge meadows June 9th 
Said to breed. 
^L.cucullatus Qommonest duck and Aix sponsa rare --73. 
22. Mergus americanus . Common breeding. 
23. Philone l a minor . Said to be increasing rapidly. Started 
a female and four young June 5, the latter were so well grown 
that it was with difficulty that I could distinguish them from 
the parent bird as they rose: how they could have been raised 
in so short a time was a mystery as we were told that three 
