Lake Umbagog.
1896
Aug 17-23
(No 7)
an expression of [delete]the[/delete] premature development, [delete]on the part[/delete] in
[delete]of[/delete] in the young, of the instincts & passions of nest building &
procreation. It is, however, the only instance of this
kind that has ever come under my observation.
  The Purple Martins do not associate with the other Swallows
here excepting incidentally when they are seeking food in
the same places as on the Lake or meadows. I have
not seen a single Martin near Lakeside this month
but at the Lake House, up to the 16th, there were always
from three or four to a dozen diving about & alighting on
the tops of some dead trees. A number of White-bellied
Swallows sometimes accompanied them but the Martins
evidently resented all their approaches & frequently assaulted
& drove them away. Since the 16th I have seen but one
Martin (on the 20th) near the Lake House but at
Leonard's Pond on the 21st I observed three broods of young
apparently just from the nest perched on tall dead stubs
where their parents were feeding them at short intervals.
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