General observations. 
1871. 
May 30- 
June 10, 
1874. 
July 28. 
Maiiie (Lake IJmbagog), 
The nunbor of Ducks breeding h.oro this 
so: 
;ori IS 
very largo. An exploring party which, early in June, 
v/ont up Cambridge River to G Pond savr betv/oen one and 
two hundred of different species, many v/ith broods of 
young. 
The j'^oung birds are now in largo flocks and their 
cnirping fills the y/oods. The various species of Spar- 
rovrs., ’ft^arblers etc., all seorn to make precisely the same 
noise. 
“ 30.1 The ehirpingof the different Warblers is positively 
}i indistinguishable, that of the young Kinglets is a trifle 
shriller. 
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Aug, 1. !j Fevf birds except Vfliite-throated Sparrows are singing 
now. I, however, heard a ’Winter Wren to-day in full 
song. The Lake continues very high, and as the meadows 
j! ar,6 flooded the usual v;aders are absent. 
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29. 
For several nights past I have hoard the chirp of 
Warblers migrating overhead. No bird sings regularly 
now except the White-throated Sparro?/’, and he is fast 
lapsing into silence. 
Pound immense numbers of small birds along the Tyler 
Path. One mixed flock of Warblers, Titmice, and Viroos 
must have contained over one hundred individuals. 
31. |i Most young birds are now in por'^eet fal!^ plumage. 
The smaller species are almost exclusively in flocks 
which are rapidly thinning. 
Sept. 4. j The v;ater is falling fast and the Herons and Waders 
are flocking to the recently exposed mud-flats. 
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5. ii The bulk of the Warblers have left. 
9. ! The air last night seemed literally alive with mi¬ 
grating Warblers; they are getting scarce in the woods, 
although Bla,ek-polls and Yellow-rumps are still abundant, 
13. I The ferns have nearly all turned brown but other- 
j| 'Wise the v;oods are nearly as green and luxuriant as in 
I Juljr. Wild flov;ers abound, the golden rod and several 
i| fine asters among them. I heard a Hyla piping by the 
I Lake shore to-day in its usual spring tones, while the 
Ii crackling fall nStes of others filled the woods. 
1876, 
|; Reached Lake Umbagog Yesterday. The season is ro¬ 
ll markably backward, lot a loaf having started as yet, whip 
jl there is .still a good deal of snow in the v/oods especially 
;i in hollows and cedar swamps. Sven on Upton Hill there 
May 26 
