Larus j^. smithsonianus . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1396. Gulls have been unusually numerous about the Lake this 
Aug. 25. summer. Six of them were flying about off the point this af- 
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ternoon making a great clamor. The sound of their wild, ring¬ 
ing voices carried me back to the experiences of last June and 
July in Penobscot Bay. I heard every one of their different 
calls this afternoon. Will Sargent says that they were still 
more numerous last evening and that he counted eleven in sight 
at one time. He also affirms that he has seen four occupied 
nests this season, three on B. Pond and one on Rapid River 
just above the old pijB'W All were in trees, two on the tops 
of dead stubs, two on the branches of green pines. 
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