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Lake Umbagog.
1898.
Sept. 23
 Calm, cloudy & very warm with light showers.
[margin]Moose Pt.
at evening[/margin]
 To Moose Point at evening. About fifty Ducks
came in - Black, Wood & Mergansers. I shot
down a Black Duck but lost him in the
tall grass. Also fired at a Merganser but missed.
A Carolina Rail calling in the grass near my stand.
Several Snipes seen or heard.
[margin]Ducks
I shoot down 
one but
lose him.
Sora Rail[/margin]
" [September] 24
 Cloudy clearing at sunset.
 To Moose Point at evening. Seven Black Ducks
and six Wood Ducks, five Whistlers and three
Hooded Mergansers contributed the entire flight
of water fowl. I fired a long shot at one
of the Wood Ducks & missed.
[margin]Moose pt.
at evening.
Black Ducks
Wood "
Whistlers "
Hooded Mer.[/margin]
 As I was crossing the marsh after it had become
nearly dark I started a Coot (Fulica) from a
rank bed of half-submerged grass at almost
the exact place where Melvin shot one a week
or so ago (on Sept 15). I could have killed this bird easily
enough. It pattered off over a space of open water,
half running, half flying and finally alighted
again in some grass beyond.
[margin]Fulica
americana[/margin]