Cyanocitta cristata. 
1871. 
May 30. 
1879. 
May 30. 
1880. 
June 12, 
Maina (Lake Umbagog 
SaYf ono take an ogg from tho nest of a Robin and 
mako off with it 
hotly 
pursued by the parent bird, 
T\;ice lately a rernarliable habit of this bird has 
come under my notice. Throe or four days ago ^ 7 hilo [ 
Yfas crossing the Lake a flock of those birds passed over 
headhigh in air; they flow steadily in a compact body 
heading to the eastward, and passed oyt of sight over 
the woods. Yesterday I saw a still more remarkable 
ilight crossing B Headov/-s; there .'v/ore at least forty 
individuals in this flock aand they flow lov/er dovm in 
fact just above the tops of the alders. 
A brood of young just from the nest. Tho old bird 
bowed her body uttering a note like the tolling of 
bell. 
a 
1881 i; 
^ noisy party of at least a dozen flitting through 
: the woods precisely as in autumn. Within the last 
lew days I have soon much larger flocks flying over tho 
lake like Blackbirds, 
1882. 
Oct.8-22 i! Seen or heard every day. but they are by no means 
■ prominent as in Massachusetts in autumn. 
Some o. one hunters say they winter; others deny it. 
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