1880. 
General observations. 
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Maine (Lake Umbagog ). 
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17)11 A cold day, with high wind. All the small birds 
■ in flocks in sheltered places. 
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19. j' The vegetation has hardly advanced at all since my 
^ arrival and fevr of the deciduous trees shov/ any green. 
The Warblers are exclusively in flocks ccmposed of var- 
1 ious species, and averaging about twenty individuals. 
23. || A spi'ing day with warm south v;ind and cloudless sky; 
!| the »/oods rapidly becoming green; the paper birches es- 
I; peeially veiled in thin foliage; mosquitoes very num- 
ii erous for the first time . 
24. The rhodora is in full bloom on the J^ake shore. 
’I Virburnum lan tanoide s and the painted trilium, were also 
il in bloom to-day. 
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l. :i In tho Y/oods about the Outlet the mosquitoes and 
black flies Y;ore swarming; they rose from the ground in 
clouds covering our cloths, hands, and gaces, and driv- 
;; ing us nearly mad. 
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3. ![ Tho woods are now in full loaf; tho rhodora is 
i! going out of flov/or; the red-stemjned cornel just coming 
in, the flov/or buds of '^iburnum nudum swelling fast.. 
8, !! The painted triliums are still in bloom, v/hile tho 
v/oods in places are beautiful v/ith clusters of ladies 
slippers. The red-stemmed Cornell, choke-sherry, 
i: Wild black8©e&y cherry, silky Cornell, and several oiher 
^ shrubs are also in blooasom. Tho rhodora is nearly out 
' of bloom. 
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10. I A dense curtain of fog hanging over tho T.ako up to 
' about 10 o’clock,. Small islands, stumps, and other 
objects along the shores, presented strange v/eird shapes, 
and a spell seemed cast over all nature. Tho birds 
; sang fiffully and their notes sounded unnaturally loud 
in the perfect stillness. At length the fog began to 
' clear, drifting away and disolving before a faint breath 
of air from tho west, and tho sun shone out on a superb 
^ panorama r.of glassy v/ator, green forests, and sharply 
:! outlined mountains. 
16. j| A retired Cove on the Lake this June morning preson- 
; tod an interesting scone of bird-life. On opposite 
shores, Wathr Thrushes were singing their, rich notes 
ij echoing through the arches of tho woods; among the stubs 
I' a pair of Sphyrapicus wore catching flies for their 
young Y/hich chattered loudly from their hole in the top 
of a tall paper birch. As I sat in m.y boat idly float- 
‘ ing in shore, a Sv/ariip Sparrov; came hopping dovra a half- 
submerged log collecting insects for her young. Her 
tail was raised and she pea,red nervously from side to 
: side and she passed v/ithin a yard of me. There v/as also 
I a pair of Yellovz-rumps, besides a host of birds just in- 
' sido the wood edge. 
