1888, 
September 4. 
C langula clangula americana . 
Lake Umbagog. 
Saw ... in Sargent's Cove a young ’Whistler with un¬ 
fledged wings. . . . was very tame at first allowing me 
to sail within 30 yds. I shot at and probably missed him for he 
dove and doubled on me. After reappearing he uttered a curious 
( as he swam away from me. I chased hinD 
feeble, strident call^for some time but he had learned wisdom and 
eluded me by the most adroit diving. 
1888, 
September S. 
frog. 
Lakeside . Lake Umbagog. 
Out sailing on the lake in the late P'M., very calm. 
. . A Whistler calling cr-r-ruck very like a wood 
Lake Umbagog. 
October 9. 
MegalloY/av River . 
A Whistler and Hooded Merganser were the only two birds 
in the pond (Bottle Brook Pond). They swam all over it keeping 
close together, the Merganser diving, the 7/histler feeding with 
head and neck under water like the one shot on the 5th. I followed 
them about for fully two hours and finally stalked them, killing 
the Merganser on the water and bringing the Whistler down wing 
broken as it rose by a very long shot. It dove twice and went 
ashore on the other side of the pond. We took in the boat and I 
shot it over as it crouched among the grass facing the water. 
