C langu la cla ngula americana ♦ 
1896, Lake Umbagog. 
August 10. Cambridg e Riv er marshes . 
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haunts. Y/ould that they might be permitted to stay unmolested 
through the autumn as well as the summer! But alas! in a few 
short weeks the slaughter will begin. 
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August 12. Lake Umbagog. 
Cambr idge River marshe s. 
Peculiar behavior . 
A Whistler was playing about on the calm water within y/ 
100 yards or less, swimming very rapidly to and fro in zig-zag lines 
with outstretched head and neck, apparently gathering food from 
the surface and acting very like a Phalarope. (He did not once 
dive). 
September 5. 
Lake Umbagog. 
Hear the Outlet . 
A little after this I shot a young Whistler that 
was swimming out in the lake. It dove as I approached, but I 
traced its course under water by the leaping of the young pickerel 
and killed it when it came to the surface. It was fully grown, 
but the wing quills were not of full length. 
