Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1893.
Oct. 12.
  Another glorious autumn day the morning especially perfect.
[margin]Early morning
at Pine Point[/margin]
  Chickadees, Kinglets, (satrapa) Nuthatches, Juncos, a Hermit
Thrush, a Winter Wren, and a Purple Finch flitting about the
camp. Also a Black-backed Woodpecker on the trunk of a tall
dead spruce, hammering and calling. One of the Juncos sang steadi-
ly for several minutes. Out on the Lake a Gull floated on the
calm water and a Horned Greebe was diving. Through the glass I
could see Sheldrake and Whistlers swimming near the end of Moose
Point. Visiting the traps I found in them three Shrews (of two
species) two Red-backed Mice and a White-footed Mouse. Four
more Red-backed Mice were caught during the day. They were evi-
dently by far the most numerous of the small mammals which in-
habit these woods yet had it not been for the cyclone trap I
might have continued to come here for twenty years more without
seeing, or at least recognizing one. Will Sargent says that they
do not lay up stores of food like the White-footed Mice. Our
traps have caught only two of the latter species.
[margin]Junco
singing
Horned Greebe[/margin]
[margin]Mice &
Shrews taken
on the
Point[/margin]
  In the afternoon I walked thriugh [through] the woods to Osgood's
Cove where I found some Sheldrake. They swam about, fished play-
ed, washed and dressed their plumage, and dozed on the rocks 
during the half hour that I watched them. There was also a Tree
Sparrow, the first I have seen, in alders near the water.
[margin]Gooseanders[/margin]
[margin]First 
Tree Sparrow[/margin]
  Although the evening was calm and very warm we heard only