1873. 
238 
Lophodytes eueullatus 
Maine (Lake IJmbagog ) . 
.June -- 
The commonest Duck hoi-o tliis year 
The Wood Duck. 
common last season, 
rare thi 
Aug. 2.’ Saw probably fifty on t'-ie t'egallo'.7ay and Androscog- 
( gin Rivers. 
“ 27. : Saw large numbers in Leonard’s Pond near the Outlet. 
“ 30. Tvro largo flocks in tho pond bolovT the house. 
Those Ducks v/]:iGn sta,rtod from this pond invariably fly 
out along tho narrow crook \7hich connects it './ith tho 
River, and 'vo shoot many by driving them past this point. 
Saw sGVoral or\ Richardson La]:e. 
Went to tho Karoov/s this ovoning, to shoot tho'se 
birds. They fly from tho lovfor part of tho .T,ake to tho 
Outlet ovary ovoning, roosting hiero and roturning-in 
tho morning. Tho flight this oveiung, began at 6.15, 
and during tho succooding half hour flock followed flock 
in rapid suceossioi.!. 
1<J / 
Aug. 17. 
Sav/’ a,bout fifty in Leonard’s Pond. 
1876. 
3.: While looking for Duck’s n at tho Outlot I dis- 
I covorod a promising-*<loaking‘ hblo and paddling to tho 
spot struck tho tree v/ith tlio handlo of my paddle. 
At the first blov/ a vigorous scratching sound began in- 
,, side, and the next moment a Duck’s head appeared in tho 
oponing; then, aftor a sho:>-t strugglo, hor toos lappod 
' over too lov/or odgo and sho launehod into the air. 
I shot ao hor as sho went off aiad .’uarkirig ]nr lov/oring 
flight follo'vod ausd finallj^ found hor floating dead on 
|| tho water. Returning to tho stub my guido began to 
( climb it v;hori, to our surprise, another scratching v/as 
heci,rd ai.d a second Duck appeared, I fir 
natoly failed to kill it. Pooling sure o_ 
eggs my guido continued his ascent but upor 
d but unfortu- 
^ a set of 
.•oachiiig tho 
iiol'j 3ad thrusting in his arm ho found only emptyness oi 
more literally, a largo cavity -..rLth tho bottom covered 
v/ith damp roAton wood. A subsequent examination of the 
bird also showed that sho would not have laid for a week 
or ton days. Tho hole, which undoubtedly had boon se¬ 
lected as a nesting placG,’7as a natural cavity ontering 
tho side of the tree at 
height of about 
, w fifteen feet 
aoove the v/ater aiul descending about three feet. The 
entrance had a diameter of about ten inches. Whether 
the second bird was a male or rot is doubtful. It cer¬ 
tainly looked nearly like tho fi-st both as it came out 
and as it flew off. 
