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1889, Lake Umbagog. 
October 10. Three snecies together, B Cove . 
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The velvet Scoters came back and alighted, near us but 
we tried in vain to paddle within range of them. 
An hour later we discovered the large flock of Butter- 
bills in the Tyler Cove and paddled to within about 50 yds. when 
I shot down lour getting them all. Two young birds came back and 
alighted near one of the wounded oirds at which I fired several 
shoos without starting them. After I had killed him we paddled to 
to other two and I killed one in the water and the other as it 
rose. 
October 30. 
Lake Umbagog. 
Lakeside. 
Left Lakeside for Bethel at 8 A.M. Just as the stage 
was about to start immense numbers of Scoters suddenly appeared 
flying high at iirst, finally swooping down after many evolutions 
and alighting in live separate flocks, the largest of which con¬ 
tained fully 500 birds. Pour boats put out in pursuit of them but 
tmy rose wild and began wheeling and circling again. 
1898, Lake Umbagog. 
September 26. Pine Point . 
Baker returned from B Pond this afternoon with a 
fine lot of trout. He reports seeing a flock of about twenty 
large black Ducks, which Ellsworth (the guide) says were 
Butter-billed Scoters.in B Pond this morning. 
