1873. 
Aug. 1 
1874 
July 26. 
Aug. 15. 
18. 
31 
1876. 
1879. 
June 6. 
1880. 
158 
Porisoreus .^anadonsis 
Maine (Lake Umbagog 
One alighted for a noniont in a bush in front of 
the fiouse. Godv/in tells me that it is rarely soon hero 
in summer. 
Shot a young bird { y^hich vras moulting and changing 
into fall plumage) on the hill-side bJhind the house" 
Shot one in nearly perfect fall plumage. When 
first seen it was sitting on the top of a spruce several 
hundred yards away. Upon discovering us it immediately 
spread its v;ings and sailed without a single flap direc + - 
ly towards us, alighting in a bush within a few .lards! 
^ scolding chatter almost precisely like that 
of one Baltimore Oriole. 
Several about Leonard’s Pond, 
of shrill Hawk-like whistles. 
They utter a variety 
A little company of throe on the Tyler Path. Al¬ 
though extremely tamo,they move so rapidly through the 
woods that It is not easy to overtake and shoot them. 
A wing-broken one screamed loudly when approached and 
It fiercely but 'witht too little pov/er to cause pain. 
The others passed on paying no heed to its cries. 
A flock of six or seven seen ar.d one shot. 
A small flock near the mouth of Rapid River contain¬ 
ed several young birds fully grown, but still in first 
plumage. 
h'^re tells me that it is generally known 
h^re tha. .his species breeds in March; nevertheless 
oiie lies oS are very rarely found. 
June 
7. 
®‘=°or''Panlod by both parents in a 
a lonoly eove, Tho young look as black 
The family kept vroll-together sv/ining 
in their usual manner, follo./ing the 
perfect silence. 
s Grackles. 
from tree to tree 
shore and keeping 
18. 
An adult bird following the lake shore its n i 
Ib^yrtho U roso ® 
Hawk ' 11 -°° ^ actually sailod in oirclos like a 
I atnalier bJudl'" °™’'" 
1882. |j 
Oc t. 8—22 !' 
Nog common; usna] Iv rnur-ri i r. i i 
swa,ups, but at this season t,C oJcas^L^hy 
siirof®Jr''*°r ® little way in pur-° 
crops op"theL"°kinL°5i 
^ ^ also usually contained berries of 
