Lake Umbagog« 
As I was standing by the road side this evening, look- 
"fcy ing at some wild flowers, a Song Sparrow began chirping excitedly among 
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bushes on the further side of a little 
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The next instant 
a female Sharp-shinned Hawk dropped into the thicket with dangling legs 
and fluttering wings* ! It missed the Sparrow, however, and rising to a 
branch of a birch perched there for a moment with its gaze directed 
downward, evidently watching for some movement to betray the exact plac 
of concealment of the Sparrow* It saw me a second or two later and 
darted off through.the trees* 
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