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Lake Umbagog
[margin] Pine Point [/margin]
1898.
September 1
(no 2)
pretty evenly on the entire Point but I found the
greatest numbers in the birch grove near the camp. Following
the foot paths which give easy access to my part of the
woods I took as complete and careful a census of the
flock as possible but the birds kept chiefly in the tops of
the trees and the density of the foliage made it difficult
to identify them. Indeed I doubt if I made out all the
species present and certainly very many of the individuals 
escaped my notice. Here is the list which I made.
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Big mixed
flock.[/margin]
1. Turdus swansonii (?) - Heard mig [migrating] last night. Perhaps all the birds were really Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (cf [compare] four Sept 20)
2. Troglodytes hyemalis (sic) [hiemalis]. - Brood of young
3. Parus atricapillus.- Five or six
4. Regulus satrapa. - S[south] west; one in full song for several minutes
5. Helminthophila ruficapilla .- Three or four
6. Mniotilta varia. - Full song heard thrice but no bird seen
7. Compsothlypis a. usnea.  - One in full song, four or five seen
8. Dendroica coronata .- Five or six in autumn plumage
9. " [Dendroica] castanea .- One [female] or junior [male] with only a trace of bay on flanks.
10. " [Dendroica] striata .- One young bird
11. " [Dendroica] maculata .- Full song 8 or 10 times 6 A.M. About 8 birds seen
12. " [Dendroica] pensylvanica .- One young bird wholly without chestnut.
13. " [Dendroica] virens .-  Two young birds
14. " [Dendroica] caerulescens .- At least a dozen of both sexes.
15. " [Dendroica] aestiva .- A young [female] of deep, pure yellow [? beneath]. In top of tall birch
16. Setophaga ruticilla .- A young [female] deep, pure yellow feathers. In top of tall birch.
17. Vireo olivaceus. - One in full song, two singing feebly, several seen.
18 " [Vireo] solitarius .- One singing freely.
19. Ampelis cedrorum .- Heard
20. Loxia c. minor .- Flock heard
21. Spinus tristis.- One heard.