1889, 
October 15. 
Lake Umbagog. 
Clangu la clangula americana . 
Adult male in full -plumage . 
An adult male Golden-eye in full plumage in Sweat'e Mead¬ 
ow pond, diving. He saw us, rose, and came back over us at about 
150 ft.height. 
1895, Lake Umbagog 
September S. Androscoggin River . 
We were rowing down the river when a Whistler rose about 
200 yds. ahead, crossed the marsh, circled out over the lake and 
returning passed within thirty yards of us when I shot it. It is 
singular that this Duck and the Sheldrake, although exceedingly 
shy birds when one attempts to approach them on the water, will 
often fly past an unconcealed boat within gun range. 
September 14. Lake Umbagog. 
Soon after dinner I started out with Jim in the large ^ 
boat. Just inside Moose Point we spied two Whistlers swimming 
near shore. I landed and tried to stalk them, but they worked 
gradually away from shore and out of |un-shot. Jim seeing this 
paddled gently towards them. They had now gone to sleep and turned 
slowly around and around with their heads under their scaimlar 
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feathers, drifting with the wind. They paid little attention to 
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the boat until it was within 60 yards or less, when they began 
swimming away from it. They passed me out of range but Jim cir¬ 
cled around them and drove them back when they came within 30 yds. 
and 1 shot one on the water and the other as it rose. They were 
evidently fresh arrivals from the north for none of our local 
Whistlers would have acted in this manner. 
