Colymbus holboellii . 
Lake Umbagog, 
Pine Point. 
1893, 
October 8. 
C 2 .) \ . 
the middle of the lake and we re dis tinctly made by some water fowl. 
f \ A. 
Once f the bird - whatever it was - flew up and down the lake, giv¬ 
ing its strange cries repeatedly, as it passed ouj? camp. Will S<*yj~XT 
thought that the whistle^as well as the crar-ar -r-r-r^was of vocal 
origin, and I had the same impression. 
October 9. 
Lake Umbagog. 
Pine Point. 
Soon after breakfast we heard the same mysterious cries 
y~f- -, 
noted last night. They came from the direction of B Point 
^ e_^juL 4 «-n tv. f 
off which fteatea a large bird wM- oh w a s too far a?;ay to be made 
out distinctly, even with the aid of the glass,/ but" “w hich -Jim Ber- 
6 2j4-4-ucfLM) yyr-A. tA~ 
nier, who came up on the steamer a little later, t ra- Ld was a Red- 
necked Grebe. He knewathis species perfectly well / for I h a ve sh o t 
several wrrerr~wi-tk-iiim. He says the steamer ran past it within 
short gun-shot range a nd he had a perfectl y- good view of it. Ite- 
'Ay 
al so aoour es-me—that 4t was the only water bird of any kind which 
they saw above the Narrows and the lake was as smooth as glass at 
the time. I now recollect hearing the crar-ar- r-r-r- cry in Oct<f^ 
to ?Vo-^A>eA£o r 
1890, and than- attributing it th e Rod - neok o d Grebe . While the 
evidence in the present case is not, conclusive 
doubtVthat - the Crebo was the author of thes» cries 
<£*- fy f' 4^- < 
