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Antrostomus vociferus.
L. Umbagog, Maine.
Antrostomus vociferus. - On May 30-June 10, 1871.
Sept.
11 & 15*
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1905. Antrostomus vociferus
September 20. A sang once (eight or ten repetitions of the "whippoorwill") near my tent on Pine Pt. in the evening twilight. Sunny clear & warm
" 28. A bird sang again in the lawn. Here this evening: then sang faintly, six to eight notes each time. Sunny clear, still, cool.
Antrostomus vociferus.
Maine (Lake Umbagog).
1871.
May 30-
June 10.
The guides say it occurs everywhere throughout the forests, especially on burnt land. A male sang every night near the Hotel.
1874.
Aug. 31.
Shot an adult male among thinly-growing second-growth birches on Burnt land.
1881.
May 16.
One singing cheerfully this evening although it was pouring at the time, I always wonders how this bird manages to get breath, it sings so rapidly and so long.