238
1897.
Sept. 11
Lake Umbagog.
  Forenoon cloudy with strong north - west wind and light
rain. Clearing in the afternoon with a fine sunset. Much
cooler.
  Immediately after breakfast I crossed the Lake in 
the hunting canoe. Found two Black Ducks swimming
near a bed of submerged grass at Richardson's Carry.
Entered Leonard's Pond from the river side. There were
three Bald Eagles sitting on the stubs - two brown
birds and one fine adult. Near the entrance to
the pond but in the river a young Pied-billed Greebe[sic] [Grebe]
was swimming and diving.
[margin]Leonard's Pond[/margin]
[margin]Bald Eagles[/margin]
[margin]Pied - bill 
Greebe[Grebe][/margin]
  At the eastern end of the island I came upon
two Hooded Mergansers. One took to diving (it was,
no doubt, a bird that had been wounded) but
the other flew & passed me at long range. I shot
at it and cut out some feathers but it went
out over the Lake evidently not much hurt.
[margin]Hooded 
mergansers.[/margin]
  Seeing the steamer coming and knowing that it was
bringing the Spelmans to camp I hoisted sail
and stood across to Pine Point reaching the
wharf a minute or two after the steamer had
landed my guests. We spent the remainder of
the forenoon at the camp.
[margin]Mr. & Mrs.
H.M. Spelman
join me
at camp.[/margin]
  Purdie meanwhile had been down in Glaspy Cove
where he found a large mixed flock of Warblers etc.
including Black-throated Blues, Black-throated Greens,
Parulas, Black-polls, Bay-breasts, one Magnolia, one
Blackburnian, and one Black & White Creeper besides
what he is very sure was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.
[margin]Glaspy Cove.
Warblers 
seen by
Purdie[/margin]
[margin]Mniotilta
Emp. flaviven-
tris.[/margin]