1890, 
October 2. 
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Lake Umbagog. 
Whistle note at n ight. 
noted last year when spending an evening on Moll's Rock. On that 
occasion Warren Noyes asserted that it 'was made by a Loupcervier 
( Lyn x canadensis ) but I believe it to be the cry of some species 
of Owl, perhaps Nyctala . It is low and soft in tone. 
1896, 
May 28. 
Lake Umbagog. 
“ Saw-whetting 11 at in id-day 
Near the Moll's Rock spring in the large hemlocks I 
heard the Saw-whet Owl this forenoon at a little before eleven, 
the lake dead calm, the sun shining brightly at the time. He filed 
his saw unceasingly for a little more than a minute, uttering reg¬ 
ularly 4 notes every 5 seconds. I was perhaps 200 yards from shore 
at the time. At this distance his voice sounded precisely as when 
heard at camp last evening, but it was louder of course and per¬ 
haps still more metallic in quality. Jim says that this Owl often 
calls' by day and at all hours. 
Lake Umbagog. 
"Saw-whetting 11 . Leonard's Pond. 
June 2 
About half an hour after sunset a Saw-whet began filing 
somewhere beyonds Leonard's Pond in the swampy woods along the 
Megalloway. It was apparently 200 to 500 yds. off. 
