Trochilus colubris. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
T 
1379 
May 
23* '■[ As last night was clear, cold, and accompanied by a 
frost which'is said to have killocl much of the corn in 
the s Tr w.fu r. cor. tr ; y«rX ?»rod for the safety of the 
•f j =r-' 1 -ft- L la ore ard is&t ctoi Bat - - 
on risiting the place this morning I found'thorn apparent¬ 
ly uninsured and in oven greater number® than before, 
Many wore 'imping about sloping th - hone; from the hlos~ 
ij sons, while others wore ssnh- then-sol ves under the lee 
of the tiroes t perched. oh : -.d ;• talks v/i thin a few inches 
of the ground, One and all seemed some v/h tt t TiVty’nUnel Unr 
flay 23) 
24- 
Juno 5, 
the cold, and each 1 ! h i f<>r• • -ms s 
it looked like a boll of do-.- , Ass too 
they resumed their eharaet. wistic remvoas 
blossoms v/itnessod many 
>uena.co>>’us male®. The 
o •.ffed up, th£ 
sun rose higher 
o orgy and the 
a spirited con- 
"'"■ales '.'-'ire 
.h; 
Air 
o 
"tales , The 
most of 
a other, 
only two 
twit' rr i ' , 
jiritod and 
tS WOUld 
V 
I heard 
;ly fine 
being sj 
ci bat a: 
Gi.d v.'her, the weaker 
sharp pitrsui t 0 
1/ 
s i K>wy c at. op i o s 
tost between the 
in ztoGiii the proportion of one to four 
males paid thorn ii 11.1 ? ao t ontion dovot 
time to feeding, and quarrelling with c 
They are evidently not yet paired, 
notes a sharp squeak red an OKoeed.ln.: ; 
Their f/ights ,,-ere ‘lost am:--rtali Lee 
decisive to a dogreo; sometimes the 
com to the ground clinched together 
gave way and Fled there y/ao always a 
The orchard vae filled with, h ■ Lr si-rill squeaking and 
the hum of their tiny wings was incessant. ""hat, a vdty 
that a scene so interesting must ho so transient. In 
a day or tv/o t: e tier sums will fall end then a not’, er 
year rust yans bo fora the plw> orchard will be a- in rrd*» 
visitid by the .-so charming little s.-rites. 
The plea are ftho i J3P h | their ti M pel ll '-ad U 
the Hume-rs nearly all otto 7 only one or two 1 in;-;; \r mg 
abotii tbo econo of thoir la to revels .. 
A common re®:?..dent; I sou tb a daily. 
inn . 
bay Id. 
On© poising in front of 
sons of the mode. P.un-treo 
a few freshly-opened bios* 
in ’ g ar hum. 
y\AX x j 
13- 1. 
30, 
One darting like a bee across loon 
It is in advance of the season for the 
will not bloom for several days yet. 
arc!*8 Pond. v 
l&nada Plum trees 
