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1870. 
Join 8. 
Porlsorou s . canadensis . 
Main© (Lake Umbagog). 
On© alighted f-r a norm,t it a hush In front- of 
tho house, O-odv.'in tolls re that It is rarely so or. here; 
i! in summer.. 
Shot : young bird ( which mu, moulting and c' lug 
into fall plumage) on the hill-sido b -‘hind tho house. 
Shot ono in nearly perfect fall plumage, When 
first soon it was sitting on tho top of a spruce several 
|hundred yards avray, Upon discovering us it imraodiatoly 
isprou.fi its r'xngs and uuiled without a • nalflaw direct** 
: ly towards us t alighting in a bush within a few yards. 
It utterox a sc-.-ld Lng chatter almost rreisoiy like that 
of the Baltimore oriole. 
Several about .Leonard*s Pond, 
of shrill Hawk—like whistles. 
They ut tor " .vn. 
r> +• \r 
A lit ti e c>-r ■ .any of throe or, tho Tyler ’r th. Al¬ 
though oxtrer- <ly tamo, they move so rapidly through tho 
woods that it is not easy to overtake and shoot thorn. 
A wing— broken one screamed loudly hen approached' and 
bit fiercely but with', too little power to cause pain. 
Tlv others punned on paying no heed to its cries. 
A flock of six or so von soon and one shot. 
A small floe': near the mouth of Kapid diver contain* 
: od so veral young birds fully grown* but still in first 
plumage* 
George wayward tolls o that it is generally known, 
hero that this spoolos breeds in 'Torch; nevertheless 
the hosts are very rarely found. 
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