Oodemia amoricana 
1876 ^ 
(Apr.18) 
May 16, 
, Their tenacity of life is simply extraordinaryJ a 
male shot down from a passing flock at once began to 
dive. Approaching v/ithin good range I gave him a number 
3 shot which which knocked him over on his back v/here ho 
lay kicking his foot in the air for a moment, then right¬ 
ing, svram a few yards, calling loudly, and dove again 
passing a long distance under vrater. This vms actually 
repeated three times before the bird could bo caught, each 
each shock knocking him fairly o over on his back.(Pt. 
ii L 0 proaux,N,B, ), 
Fully as numerous as any of the allied species in an 
immense bod of Soots opposite the Lighthouse on Monomoy 
Island (Chatham,Mass.). 
There must have boon thousands collected here; 
they were strung along the shore just outside the surf 
for over half a mile, and flocks were continually coming 
and going. As we approached in a sail-boat nearly all 
rose together and the air seemed fairly full of them. 
As they v/’ent off they separated into bunches and after a 
few minutes began to return, when in a surprisingly short 
time another large bed would be formed. I did not hoar 
one of them utter a sound (Chatham,Mass.), 
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