Ardea herodias . 
1394, . frake Umbagog. 
October I. 
As I was paddling homeward (from across the lake) a Pox 
barked a number of times in quick succession exactly like a small 
dog. I also heard a Great Blue Heron make a ,tremendous outcry - 
a succession of hoarse screams such as a wounded Heron will utter. 
Will heard this bird distinctly from Pine Point. He thinks it was 
caught by either a Pox or a "Cat Owl". 
1895, Lake Umbagog. 
September 3. Pine Point . 
Although the moon was full and the night clear and still 
we heard no Owls. Great Blue Herons, however, were continually 
passing and repassing the Point during the hours when I was awake. 
September 4. Lake Umbagog. 
After sunset at Pine Point . 
Three or four Herons passed flying so low over the water 
that the tips of their wings ruffled its flossy surface . 
1896, 
Lake Umbagog. 
August II. Eleven in sight at once. 
In a little cove just inside the rocky point at the 
mouth of the Cambridge six Great Blue Herons were standing along 
the shore, four on the mud and two on low stubs. Further along I 
could see five more, so that in all I had eleven of these pic¬ 
turesque birds in sight at once. There were also two Eagles, a 
white-headed and a brown one, and an Osprey sitting on dead trees 
not far from the Herons 
