1890, 
October 12. 
( 2 ) 
Mar eca americana . 
Lake Umbagog. 
Errol.Mt^ Bond. 
Melvin just after I had returned to my first station. Rising high 
in air it came over me at great speed evidently having made up its 
mind to leave the pond, but I brought it down before it reached 
the woods, and upon getting it in hand found it to be a fine young 
male Bald-pate. 
J /Ad,. ^ 
* T.oVa TTrn'Ha crrirr . 
1897, 
September 21. 
(?) 
Lake Umbagog. 
Curtis Meadow. 
Finally (came) a flock of eight or ten Ducks which I am 
nearly sure were Widgeon. The last came within long gun range and 
I fired a shot at one of them. The bird first lagged, then to- 
w^rd^ [sic], and finally pitched headlong down through the trees 
on the hillside on our left. It must have been dead before it 
reached the ground but neither Jim nor Will could find it. 
