179 
Querquodula discors. 
Rvo Boac h , Now Hampshire . 
1871. 
(Sept,2) Three earne in early this morning but they v/ere so 
shy that no one could get within shot. One or tv/o birds 
slightly v/ounded have alighted on the oceaa this year 
after being shot in the pond. 
1872. Not seen at all this year although I stayed as late 
as August 26, 
