Lake Umbagog. 
rasa* interested in the Eave Swallow colony* He alighted on the roof 
of the boat hotitse and remained there for fully five minuted perched 
on the edge of the roof whence he kept trying to peer in under the 
eaves where there were several nests. The Swallows showed no alarm at 
his presence. At length he flew quietly away. I have little doubt 
that he, with most of his brethero^ is an arrant nest robber * 
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Eight Bronzed Crackles spent most of the day in our 
|cove flying to anfi from it from tlEiaar island in Stony Brook Cove. It 
was not less amusing than interesting, to see them range4.in a row along 
the boom logs 
rtogagnTOr, watch-ssg for food to drift 
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their way from the house boat. We supplied it in plenty, and they 
fairly gorged themselves. They would intercept it long before it 
reached the boom and hover over it as they picked the fragments, from 
the surface of the water. They seem to be be -oora fe ng more expert and 
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daring at this practice daily. To-day I saw them dip their legs to 
the thighs in the water and repeatedly one immersed the lower half of 
its body, also, apparently floating on the water for an instant. The 
food was invariably taken pp in the bill hciwever. A secured a piece he 
was often chased by another but in no instance robbed of his prize* 
