1909 June 11. Lake Umbagog. copy 4 Soon after sunset a Pine Linnet, perched in the top of a White Pine near the lake shore on the knoll behind the Lake House, sang practically without cessation for fully five minutes. Its song was not unlike that of a Goldfinch but feebler, higher-pitched, and decidedly less musical, most of the notes having a rusty or a metallic quality. At times it reminded me strongly of the long twittering song of the Barn Swallow, with which I had several chances to compare it directly, for two or three of these Swallows came kept circling overhead before the Linnet had ceased singing. Song of Pine Linnet. wiry ^ ^ came ^ 69