180 
1875. 
Sept.35, 
Querquedula diseors. 
Shot one on Long Pond, Nantvickot. It was in com¬ 
pany with two Wood Ducks, 
186^. i 
Aug, 25. 
RvQ Beach, New Hampshire. 
A flock of about a dozen, the first. From this 
time till August 28 hhey came into the Eel Pond every 
morning. 
1870. 
Aug, 23,: 
Three on the Eel Pond, 
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A flock of twenty-six on the Eel Pond. They were 
Very tame. When several vrere shot the survivors still 
refused to leave the pond and more than half vrore finally 
killed. The wing-broken ones took to the shore and hid 
closely. 
1871. 
Aug, 30. 
A flock of nine in the Eel Pond at daylight. They 
passed they forenoon in nearlyvthe same spot tipping up 
their tails and kicking their feet in the air as they 
explored the muddy bottom. About noon they wore joined 
by five Black Ducks which fed with them for an hour or 
more. Finally they v/’ore fired into, three of the Ducks 
and one Teal being killed. The Teal after a few v^hooling 
flights alighted again but shortly afterwards left the 
pond passing out high in air to the south. An hour later 
thev returned and alighted near the shore, all burying 
their heads in their feathers and apparently going to 
sleep. During the remainder of the day they stayed in 
the pond, occasionally taking short flights but quickly 
returning to the pend-a-gainwater. On the follo'wing 
morning they v/ere still in the pond but they were Very 
shy and on the first alarm passed out to the south and 
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vrevQ seen no more. 
i Two alighted among my Teal d ecoys v^hen I vras absent 
from the stand. They were shy and although I pursued 
them for sometime I failed to get a shot. 
Sept, 1. 
Clear and cold. At daybreak found two flocks of 
Teal on the Eel Pond or rather on its bordering marsh»e 
now flooded by the overflov/ of the pond. The larger 
flock containing about twenty birds v/as fired into by a 
gunner vrho sculled an open dory to v^ithin twenty or thir¬ 
ty yards of them—and missed every bird when he shot. 
They all rose high in air and passed out to the souths 
The smaller flock, consisting of six Teal and a Suatula 
blvneata, although only a few hundred yards av/ay. did 
not fly at the report and I killed them all in three 
shots. Later in the morning another flock of four came 
into the pond. 
