Cotile riparia. 
238 
1874. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
Aug. 
Saw several to-day. 
Aug. 8. 
Still hero. 
1876. 
June 12. 
Nest with five fresh eggs. 
1879. 
June 8. The other day T saw a troup of a dozen or more play¬ 
ing v/ith a feather. A strong wind vms blov/ing at the 
time and as they passed it from one to another, each 
dropping it for his neighbor to pick it up, the party 
I drifted av/'ay across the fields reminding me of a crovM 
of excited school boys playing at foot ball. 
