UPTON, MAINE 
1871 
The town of Upton is situated at the foot of Lake Umbagog 
and consists of a few scattered houses only. The adjacent 
country which we made our collecting ground is one vast valley 
with sloping hills on every side towering into mountains in 
the distance. To the South about a dozen miles is a range of 
lofty mountains which apparently forms the limit of the range 
of many species of birds and mammals. Sceirus Carolinenis, 
for instance, is said to be seldom taken North of this range 
and Pyranga rubra rarely strays beyond it; through this the 
road passes by a narrow gorge with "Saddleback” mountain on 
the right, and a decided change of fauna is immediately per¬ 
ceptible; Dol. orizivorus becomes very scarce and Cyanospiza 
Cyanea quite disappears: De. maculosa is quite abundant all 
the way up although we did not detect it at Bethel the start¬ 
ing point of our stage ride. At that place we found T.Suain- 
soni, S.noveboracensis, L.albicollis, T.fuscescens, P.savanna, 
my.canadensis, G.trichas, D.Pennsylvanica, D.aestiva and many 
other species abundant and settled for the season. D.Black- 
burniae was numerous in the blossoming apple trees, but appar¬ 
ently migrating. D.striata was also common and we took one of 
E.flaviventris, but were unable to detect D.castanea. Icterus 
baltimore and V.gilvus common here, we saw no further up the 
valley. E.Trailli commenced a few miles to the North and was 
heard as far as the Poplar Tavern at Newcry where we secured 
two June 10th. Why it did not occur at the Lake I do not un¬ 
derstand as the alder runs its favorite resort were there abun¬ 
dant 
