L. Umbagog 
Melospira lincolni 
1890 
In asingle clearing about two miles from Errol & four from 
Sept.83, Lakeside H, and I positively identified four Lincoln's Sparrows and 
thought we saw two more. All were started in wet grassy peaces 
100 yards or more from any trees or bushes. The first flew into 
a thicket on the edge of the woods where it joined a large flock 
of other Sparrows. We screeped a little when it came out & I shot 
it. The second rose from tall dried grass in a marshy hollow and 
took a long flight into some dense spruces where we failed to find 
it again. 
Both of these were in a back pasture on a steep hillside. 
The next two were in a low lying and very wet intervale. Oneflush- 
ed at 80 yards and flew nearly 50 yds. alighting again in short 
grass It rose again as Iapproached and sought refuge in some bushs 
along a fence where I shot it. The fourth was flushed by my 
pointer from a tuft of dead grass in a wet run. It lay very close 
rising within two feet of his nose and taking a long flight to the 
woods. Two of these birds flew very like Wrens, close to the 
ground, perfectly straight, with whirring wing .beats. The third 
flew more like a Song Sparrow;while the flight of the fourth was 
so undulating & erratic that we mistook the bird at first for a 
Savannah Sparrow, All four were alone when first started and all 
were silent. 
