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Clangula clan^ula ainerioana . 
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Lake Umbagog, Maine, 
1097. hour before it swam at all fast or vigorously. One of the 
June S. first things it did was to begin picking at various small ob¬ 
jects - bits of barl; and weed - floating on the water. It ap¬ 
parently swallowed several of these fragments. After a lit¬ 
tle while it tried climbing over the sides of the tub. When 
it had accomplished this feat several times we removed about 
half the water but it went up the sides almost as easily as 
before clinging with its claws to the wet wood. By noon it 
had learned to spring, either from the water or from the bot¬ 
tom of a box, ten or twelve inches straight upward. The mus¬ 
cular power and vigor of its thick legs was indeed remarkable 
and it seemed to get as firm resistance for the upward spring 
from the water as from the smooth boards. 
Thus far we have been unable to find any food which the 
poor little thing seems to relish. It has picked at and swal¬ 
lowed a little egg yelkjand some wriggling fragments of earth¬ 
worms excited it greatly at first but after getting several 
of them well down its throat it ejected them with evident dis¬ 
gust. Indeed I fear that it will die of starvation although 
it is quite willing to try everything that we offer it. 
Late in the afternoon while testing an earthworm it 
dropped the fragment which began sinking in the water. It at 
once thrust its head beneath the surface and tried to catch 
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