Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1895
Aug.30
(no 5)
to twig in the most active manner. Both flirted their
wings nervously like Kinglets and wagged their tails slightly
but unmistakably much in the manner of the Nashville Warbler.
  The one which I did not fully identify would not show
itself fairly but I saw enough of it to feel nearly sure that it
was the same as the other. Both birds were wholly silent.
[margin]Lakeside
H. celata[/margin]
  After the sun had set a Nighthawk appeared on the
Lake and a Wilson's Thrush called a number of times
in the thickets near the steamer landing.
  Chipmunks have been exceedingly scarce this year in
Eastern Massachusetts. Indeed I saw only one at Concord in
April & May and but one or two were met with by Faxon &
one while we were at Merrill's at Warren N.H. in late May
& early June. Mr. Merrill told us that they had been very
numerous there the preceding autumn (they were certainly swarming
in June 1894) but that there were no [?] nuts and but little
food of any kind & he thinks they were unable to lay up anything
for the winter & hence starved in their dens.
  Here they appear to be in their usual numbers. I saw three
during my walk this afternoon & heard several others.
Red Squirrels are also here in abundance.
[margin]Chipmunks[/margin]