Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)

sBr 97.41.5 (13) 13. Birds of Lake Umbagog, Maine. Zonotrichia leucophrys - - - - - - - - - I. = 15 albicollis - - - - - - - - - 2. Spizella monticola - - - - - - - - - 3. socialis - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4. ? pusilla - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5. Junco hyemalis - - - - - - - - - - - 6. Melospiza cinerea melodia - - - - - - 7. lincolnii - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8. georgiana - - - - - - - - - - - - 9. Passerella iliaca - - - - - - - - - 10. Pipilo erythrophthalmus - - - - - - - II. Zamelodia ludoviciana - - - - - - - 12. Cyanospiza cyanea - - - - - - - - - 13.

Zonotrichia leucophrys. /

1982. Zonotrichia leucophrys. Maine (Lake Umbagog). Oct.8-22 Five seen and three shot between the 8th and 10th. All but one were adults (see card).

Zonotrichia leucophrys. Zonotrichia leucophrys Aut. occurrence in Me. On the knoll behind the Sale House I saw a White-crowned Sparrow so distinctly that I am positive of its identity. It was in company with Song Sparrows in a brush fence. I had no gun but by “squeaking” I called it out and got a good view of it. It was a young bird in fall plumage. I have never seen this species here before but Dean examined one that was killed by Pich’s Cat in May, 1870. Upton, Maine Oct. 5, 1882 Oct. 9th 1882. Shot an adult ♂ in the brush fence above mainland. It was with Song Sparrows & Lake Umbagog, Maine. Zonotrichia leucophrys 1894 October 5th Driving to-day from Ballads to Pretzel I saw three of these sparrows on Upton Hill and a fourth in Grafton besides several others that I was nearly sure of. All that I saw were young birds, in company with Song & White-throated Sparrows. 1895. Sept. 25 * 1-43 5pm There were at least half a dozen probably a dozen away while it (burnt last year) near the site of the Umbagog House at Ballads or Upton. I saw five young birds together in one bush, & kept staring them or others. The old bird sang six or eight times in full tone. Weather clear, warm, field (9.30 a.m.) October 1 - Saw at least three or four drones down from Ballads to Pretzel. Lake Umbagog. 1896. Zonotrichia leucophrys. May 12^nd Grafton " 13 ad | 14 (3) ad | 16 ad. " 17 (5) young at × Museum, W.B. ia leucophrys or of Me. 24. 1888 (19107) 30. 1890 (30334) gamblei ?

perhaps another bird of its own species. It was rather fly & white. We also saw a fine adult - first of Heterurus Nigri when it flew up and alighted on a fence, Oct. 10: first an adult ♂ & ♀ behind the Baker House. Both were with long tail-feathers along friends but in different locations. Zonotrichia leucophrys. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1894 October 3-4. Driving to-day from Ballads to Bethel I saw three of these Sparrows on Upton Hill and a fourth in Grafton Besides these others that I was nearly sure of. All that I saw were young birds, in company with Gray & White-throated Sparrows. 1895. Sept. 20-14th Spies There were at least 3/4 birds or possibly a dozen among under- brush near the site of the Umbagog House at (Lemuel's Leap) at Upton. I saw four young birds together in one bush & kept watching them or others. The old bird sang frequently & right there in full tone. Weather clear, warm, First (9.30 a.m.) October 1 - Saw at least three or four driving down from Ballads to Bethel Lake Umbagog. 1896. Zonotrichia leucophrys. May 12 2nd Grafton " 13 ad 14 ♂ all 10 ad, " 17 (♂) young ad. * [illegible] Museum, W.B. Zonotrichia leucophrys ad. Me. 24. 1888 (19107) 30. 1890 (30334) gambeli ? 3

Zonotrichia leucophrys. 1896 Zonotrichia leucophrys Sept. 29 Lake Umbagog, Me. Early this morning heard one chirping loudly and incessantly outside my window. Lake Umbagog, Maine. Zonotrichia leucophrys 1884 Sept. 24 My guide shot a young 'o in front of camp this morning. I shot a young one yesterday. My bird was alone in some bushes on the river bank. It was calling whit, whit so much, like a small Flycatcher that I was at first deceived. The other bird was in a mixed flock L. Umbagog, Maine. Zon. len 1882 Oct. 8 1ad - 9 ad 5 10 lad - 11 3. ad's. 13, " leucophrys, Oct. 16, 17, 13 1884 Zon. len 1887 Sept. 30 and seen in Grafton by roads ide Sept. Z. leucophrys 23 24 1juv Oct 7 - 9 ad 1 juv at head of L. 11 juv shot at bounds 8 1888 Z. leucophrys Oct. 5 1juv 8 1juv 1889 shot done 41 Zon. leucophrys Sept. 29 (3ad 1juv) - 30 2 ad, 5 juv Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. ' Juven ou juv. & MAINE, (L. Umbagog.) Zonotrichia leucophrys 1887 Sept. 30 A fine adult in a thicket of bushes near a house in Grafton, a few miles south of the North. We drove past within a few yards of it. It seemed very tame. 4

Zonotrichia leucophrys. Zonotrichia leucophrys. 1899. Oxford County, Maine. Sept. 23 'sun 24 '/in 29 ) , Bethel. " 30^30 ; Oct. 2^70 between Bethel & Upton.

L. = near Ballside So.H= " Lake House Zonotrichia leucophrys. 1896. Lake Umbagog. September 4. So. 29 to 30 ' jun. October L.H. 4 ' jun. 1897. September L.H. 30, hand climbing at among 1898 September Upton Hill 29 (4 or 5 pairs) 1899. September 23 ' jun. 24 ' jun 29 bd Bethel 30 30+ Bethel to (Wilton) See Journal for full October 2 70+ Wilton to Bethel . account of this great flight, 1900. September 23 3 ad 25. * Bethel. " 25. A bird sang a dozen times or more about dinnertime, giving the full song. I heard him as I was in my room at Dr. G's. In full Song in September 1904. September 23 2 jun on lawn east. 27 ' jun on 29 4 jun on 30 (1 ad off house & juniper. 3 jun) on lawn. Bethel. October 21 ad. Bethel.

L. Umbagog. Zonotrichia leucophrys. copy 1 1890. Sept. 29-30. On the afternoon of the 29th I saw four feeding on the ground by the side of a road. They flew into bushes along a fence when disturbed and were as skilful as most Sparrows in taking advantage of this shelter. Three of the four were adult birds. Just after sunset I walked through a large patch of weeds on the intervale in front of the house and started another, a young bird which I shot. On the morning of the 30th. I beat these weeds and a neighbor- ing patch many times always flushing a number of White-crowns from each. There were at least eight young birds and two adults, & probably several more. They were shy as a rule rising thirty yds. or more ahead of us and flying directly to the bushes which border- ed the open ground on three sides. In these they at once conceal- ed themselves so effectually that it was difficult to get a sight at any of them. They occasionally showed themselves when I "sreepeed" but were much less responsive in this respect than the Song, Swamp & Lincoln's Sparrow with which they were intermingled. They showed an especial fondness for brush heaps from which it was not easy to dislodge them. One, a young bird, sang a confused, warbling strain very like that of a young Song Sparrow. While thus engaged it sat on the top of a brush heap in the sun turning its head from side to side, its throat swelling. Besides this song I heard two distinct notes, a strong Passerine lisp exactly like that of a Grass Finch and a short emphatic whit which I have described on a former occasion. The lisp was most frequently given to-day. It was easy to distinguish these Sparrows from all the others, even 7

L.Umbagog. Zonotrichia leucophrys. 1890. (Continued) Sept.29-30. from Z. albicollis, by their great size and peculiar coloring. I found the white wing-bars one of the most conspicuous features in the case of the young. I should have noted that one of the young (the one overheard singing) was very tame permitting an ap- proach to within three or four yards. The flight of the White-crown is undulating and heavy but rather swift. The specimens killed were rather fat.

Zonotrichia leucophrys. Lake Umbagog, Maine. copy 2 1895. I am uncertain as to the exact number of White-crowned Sept. 25. Sparrows because I may have started the same birds once again in following up the flock but there were certainly not less than six for I counted five young birds together in one bush, and afterwards saw at least one adult. Ten or a dozen times while I was at this place I heard a White-crown sing. He must have been an old bird for his song rang out full and clear on the morning air. Indeed, it was louder and more finished than the spring singing that I have heard in Mass, As on former occasions it reminded me most of the song of Pooecetes. These White-crowns were sluggish in their movements but nevertheless they were not sufficiently unsuspicious to let me get very near them. a Flying trip to Lake Umbagog, Maine. copy 3 Abundance. 1899. During both days the country between Newry and Upton, and Sept. 30 on the 1st that immediately around Lakeside, was alive with to White-crowned Sparrows. I must have seen in all upwards of Oct.2. 100, the greatest number on the 2nd. They were in small flocks (some of which also contained one or two White-throated or Song Sparrows) and were usually seen in patches of weeds or thickets of low bushes by the roadside. More than half of those that I examined closely were adults. Throughout the open country they probably outnumbered any one of the other

Zonotrichia leucophrys. Flying trip to Lake Umbagog, Maine. Abundance. 1899. species of the smaller birds, at least on October 2nd, which Sept.30 probably marked the height of the southward migration this to Oct.2. year. (2).

Zonotrichia albicollis. 2

Zonotrichia albicolis. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1871. May 30- June 10. July 4-6 Common. We often hoard it singing as late as 10 P.M. Three nests, all in open pastures under or near fallen logs. One found June 9 was placed directly under a broad slab with a space of only a few inches above the sitting bird; this nest contained five eggs on the point of hatching. 1872. June 6. Nest with four nearly fresh eggs. 1873. July 21. Still singing morning and evening. Aug. 23. I still occasionally hear them, but they have nearly stopped singing. 1874. July 28. The young when just out of the nest have precisely the same note as the adult bird. Aug. 1. Still singing freely. " 10. This is the only specimen singing now and it is fast lapsing into silence. 1876. May 28. I now hear them frequently at all hours of the night. June 11. Female sitting on an empty nest under a fallen spruce top. " 12. A-4. Nest with four fresh eggs, the female sitting, and not starting till nearly trodden on. The nest was sunk in the ground and almost completely concealed by withered last year's ferns that overarched it. The locality was a slope covered with scattering firs: Upton Tyler farm. & slate trimmed. " " Purdie found a nest placed about four feet above the ground in a fallen fir. " 23. Purdie found a nest with four fresh eggs, on the ground among rank grasses on the edge of a brook.

Zonotrichia albicollis. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1879. June 12. Set of four perfectly fresh eggs. Nest in top of mound by side of Peaslee's Brook; beautifully overlapped and concealed by ferns, wild raspberries, and other trailing vines. Female sitting. I stepped within less than two feet of the nest before she started, when she fluttered up into a bush within a few yards and there remained, uttering occasionally a sharp chirp which soon brought up the male. This female was one of the finest plumaged ones that I have seen; in fact I could distinguish no difference between her and the male. (June 18) Set C-4. Incubated about seven days. Nest on ground in bed of Yew, but not overshadowed or concealed in any way. The female was a young bird with ashy throat and generally plain plumage. She sat very closely and after being started chirped anxiously. 1880. June 5. Set D-4. Incubated about seven days; nest among dry ferns under a small brush-heap by the roadside; female sitting; she flew from the nest when I stepped on the edge of the brush-pile, and at once began to utter her metallic chink which called up the male who had been singing a few rods away. Errol road in Cambridge Township " " Set E-4. Incubated four days. Nest deep, well sunk in the ground, concealed under a small detached dead limb lying on the ground in an opening among firs. The female sat closely. I flushed her by brushing against the branch. Returning later she was again on the nest; she permitted me to get within two feet of her, when I noticed her body was not palpitating as is usual in such cases. When started off she plunged into a thicket of firs and kept perfect silence. Reyerson's clearing. " 9. Set F-4. Incubated eight days--nest sunk among green moss on top of prostrate log, concealed under a dead fir branch that lay across it. Lake shore. e. of Brown's clearing. " 15. A nest with young placed in the side of a mossy bank in no way over arched or concealed save by the clustering dwarf cornell that surrounded it. The bank was fairly snowy with its blossoms which formed a beautiful setting for the pretty nest. " 17. Young on wing. Sept. 3 One singing this evening. 1882. Oct. 8-22 The most numerous Sparrow up to about the 18th. Sevoral soon October 21.

Zonotrichia albicollis. Lake Umbagog, New England. Four eggs (2853), May 30, 1896, coll. Wm.Brewster. Female flushed from nest, male singing near nest. Eggs fresh. Osgood's camp, Pine Point. On high rock.pt.20 yds.fr.Lake in open sur.by young spruces, &c.in side of low mound, under mat last yr's brakes, wh.hid it above & on 3 sides. On 4th runway where birds entered. Nest 1/2 sunk in moss. Birds came & chirped. Subs.5 sparrow eggs; hatched. Nest /4 (2854), May 30, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female flushed from nest. Eggs inc.about 3 days. Leonard's Pond. Birds anxious, noisy, circling around. Nest 20 yds. from N.shore Leo- nard's Pond on dry knoll thick with young poplars, sunk to rim in club moss under fallen branch, cornel around. Meas.in situ, inside diam.top, 2 1/2 in.depth cup, 2 in. 14

Zonotrichia albicollis. Linn.B. Zonotrichia albicollis - May 29 near Bethel, Me. 18'71. Zonotrichia albicollis - Profile House, N.H. Aug. 1865. Profile House, N. H. Aug. 1-12-1867. Zonotrichia albicollis - Common but rarely heard singing. Zonotrichia albicollis - July 27 28 Profile House N.H. July 27-Aug. 7. 1886 I. Umbagog, Maine. Zonotrichia albicollis - Common May 30-June 10, 1871. Zonotrichia albicollis - Abundant. June, 1872. July July July Zonotrichia albicollis - July 21, 24; Aug. 23; Sept. 18 1873. Zon. at July 28 - 30 Jun Aug 1-10-15 1874 May 26 1876 / May 25 / * # 1580 Sept 3 / Oct 9. 13. 21 1882 Zonotrichia albicollis Heard several this evening near the lake House. They have not been numerous since my arrival (Oct. 17) or there are perhaps the last. Lake Umbagog, Maine Oct 25, 1883 albicollis, Oct. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 24, 26, 30 1884 alb. Oct. 9-10. 11. 12. 17 1/2 18 1885 Umbagog.) Zonotrichia albicollis One in full song at sunset. " 17 Two " " "

Zonotrichia albicollis. Ann. B. Zonotrichia albicollis. - May 29 near Bethel, Me. 18'71. Zonotrichia albicollis. - Profile House, N.H. Aug. 1865. Profile House, N. H. Aug. 1-12-1867. Zonotrichia albicollis. - Common but rarely heard singing. Zonotrichia albicollis. - July 27 28 Profile House N. H. July 27-Aug. 7.1886 I. Umbagog, Maine. Zonotrichia albicollis. - Common May 30-June 10, 1871. Zonotrichia albicollis. - Abundant. June, 1872. July July July. Zonotrichia albicollis. - July 21, 24; Aug. 23; Sept. 18 1873. Zon. at July 28-30th * Aug 1-10-15 1874 May 26 1876 May 28 * | 1870 Sept 3 / Oct 9. 13. 21 1882 Zonotrichia albicollis Heard several this morning near the Lake House. They have not been numerous since my arrival (Oct. 17) & there are perhaps the last. 12. Zonotrichia albicollis, Oct. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 30 1884. Zonotrichia albic. Oct. 9 to 10 to. 11 to. 12 to. 17 to. 18 to 1885 MAINE. (L. Umbagog.) 1885 Zonotrichia albicollis Oct. 8 One in full song at sunset. " 17 Two " " "

Zonotrichia albicollis. Descriptions of First Plumage of Certain North American Birds by Wm. Brewster. 70. Zonotrichia albicollis. First plumage: male. Above bright reddish-brown, darkest upon the crown, the feathers of the interscapular region with obscurely defined dark brown centres. Superciliary stripe, and a poorly defined median stripe upon the crown, brownish-white; no decided yellow anterior to the eye. Beneath brownish-white, with dusky streakings everywhere excepting upon the abdomen. From a specimen in my collection taken at Upton, Me., July 30, 1874. Bull. N.O.C. 3, July, 1878. p. 121.

Zonotrichia albicollis Zonotrichia albicollis Oct. 12²⁰ - 13¹⁰ - 14²⁰ - 15²⁰ - 16¹ - 17¹ - 18² 1886. L. Umbagog, Maine. Sept. 1887 Zon. albicollis 1¹⁰ - 2²⁰ - 4⁶ - 5¹⁰ - 6¹⁰ - 8¹⁰ - 10¹⁰ - 12¹⁰ - 13⁴ - 15⁴ - 17⁴ - 20⁴ 23⁴ - 23¹⁵ - 24⁴ - 25⁶ - 26² - 29¹⁰ Sept. Zon. albicollis 4⁶ - 7¹⁰ - 10¹⁰ - 11⁴ - 12²⁰ - 13²⁰ - 15¹⁰ - 19² - 23⁶ - 25⁶ - 30⁴ 1888 Oct. 2²⁰ - 3⁴ - 6²⁰ - 7²⁰ - 8²⁰ - 9²⁰ - 10²¹ - 11¹⁰ Zon. albicollis Sept. 4¹⁵ - 6² - 7⁶ - 10² - 11² - 13⁴ - 14⁶ - 16⁶ - 18² - 25⁴ - 28⁴ - 30²⁰ 1889 Oct. 1²⁰ - 2¹⁰ - 5⁵ - 8¹⁰ - 9⁶ - 10⁴ - 11² - 23¹ 40 Zon. albicollis Sept. 22⁴ - 23¹⁰ - 24⁶ - 26⁴ - 28² - 29⁶ - 30⁴ Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. Oct. 3¹ - 7⁶ - 8¹ - 10¹ᵃᵈ - 13¹ - 16³ - 23¹ᵃᵈ - 24¹ᵃᵈ Lake Umbagog, Me. Sept. & Oct. 1893. Zonotrichia albicollis Sept. 21¹⁵ - 22⁶ - 24² - 26² - 28¹ - 29² Oct. 1¹ - 2¹ - 3¹ - 4¹ - 10² - 15² " 16³⁰ up to Bethel. Lake Umbagog, Maine. Zonotrichia albicollis 1894 August 27⁴ - 28² - Lakeville " 30 - - - - - - Pine Point September 12¹ - - - - - - " " 19¹ - - - at sunset - - - Erol October 1² Leonard's Pond. " 5¹⁰⁰ Lakeville to Bethel 1895. August 31²ᵃᵈ & jun Lakeville September 10¹ jun floating dead in & off Pine Point. (Heavy fog last night) " 17¹ᵃᵈ beg. pine 18¹ Pine Pt. 19² jun 20³ jun 27¹ jun " 28⁵ 29¹⁵ Jun. woods. - 30⁶ Pine Pt. October 1³ newry Lake Umbagog. 1896. Zonotrichia albicollis Pine Point. May 11² Bethel. " 13¹⁰ 14⁸ 15¹⁰ 16¹⁰ 17⁶ - 19⁶ } nun " 18⁶ 19⁶ 20⁶ 21⁶ } Lakeville " 22² P. 23⁴ 24³ᵃᵈ P. 25² 27¹ 28² 30³ 31¹ June 1² 2² 3² 4² 6⁴ " 10² 12² " 14⁵ Dispersed Note (at highland point) " 14⁴ Colebrook, N.H. May 19 - a pair co-satisfying. " 29 nest 4 fresh eggs. [Osgood's Camp?]. " 30 " 4 eggs one about 4 days. (Brown's Pond)

Zonotrichia albicollis. Zonotrichia albicollis. 1899. Oxford County, Maine. Sept.23 4 24 3 27 2 28 ⓧ 29 ⓧ , Bethel; Sept.30 sev ; Oct.2 sev. between Bethel & Upton.

Zonotrichia albicollis. 1895, September 10. copy ① Lake Umbagog. Jim and I started off in the hunting boat at 8 A.M., crossing the lake to Richardson's Carry, which we reached just as the fog began breaking up. About midway of the passage we came upon a White-throated Sparrow floating dead on the calm surface. It occurred to me that these birds which we find drowned in the lake after foggy nights may meet their fate by descending through the fog at daybreak and striking the water before they make out what it is rather than by wandering about in circles until they become exhausted. This idea was suggested to me by the reflection that the color of the water when it is calm and enshrouded in fog is precisely like that of the fog itself. Looking down at the lake from a slight elevation I find that I cannot make out the water at all through the fog unless it is agitated by the swirl of a fish or by a breath of air.

Lomrichin albicollis. P = Pin Point. S.P = Scamado Pond S.M. = Sauri Hapallary. 1897. Lake Umbagog. may 10 3/4 11 3/4 Bethel 11 4/5 Bethel to Upton 11 6/7 Lakeside 12 10/14 14 6/15 4/16 2/17 5/18 5/20 6/8 Near Lakeside. 22 25 3/4 (2 weeks) 29 3/4 " Great Island 28 3/4 31 June S.M. S.M. S.M. P. 2 2/4 6/5 5-1 14 1 1903. June 4 4/5 5 1/5 6 3/7 7 1/5 Bethel. " 9 1/5 Norway. " 11 3/5 Bethel to Upton " 12 2/5 Lakeside " " 14 5-c/5 Cambridge River " 15 1/5 Strode Dam 1906. June 13 1/2 Bethel.

Zonotrichia albicollis C.R. = Coombs dyk River G. = near Bathside L.H. = " Lake House P. = Perin Point. 1896 August 15 14 June 16 17 19 saw her Bathside 2 8 p September 8 2p 16 wd P October L.H. L.H. 1 2 2 2 1897. September 3 found floating dead in lake P. C.R. C.R. C.R. after foggy morning. 14 15 (Sunday) 19 (Sunday) 25 (1,37) 29 3 30 3 1898 August P. P. 28 31 September P. upon Megallowgan River G. Bathside 2 19 at evening 20 daybreak 29 30 2 1899. September 30 dew Between Bethel & Upham October 2 " " " 1900. September 3 hd 15 20 hd. 21 4 1904. September 9 2 12 2 13 2 15 2 17 hd 21 22 (3) 23 (5) 24 (5) 25 (3) 26 3 27 40 28 10 30 Bethel October 2 (3) 13 Bethel. 1907. July 20 1/2 Bethel. " 2 3 20 6 * 24 15 4 * 25 10 * 29 3 * 30 4 * 31 3 * } near Bathside August 2 2 * 3 2 * 5 2 * 6 2 * 7 6 * 9 * 10 2 * 11 1 * 21

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Spizella monticola. L. Umbagog, Maine. Spiz. mont. Oct 11 1882 - 20 addst monticola, Oct. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 26, 29, 30 1884. Spizella monticola Oct. 12 - 16 17 - 18 21 - 24 - 27 1885 Spizella monticola Oct. 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 19 - 22 - 23 - 24 1886. Spizella mont. Oct 9 1888 Spiz. mont 1889 Oct. 13 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 38 Spiz. mont Oct. 14 - 15 - 16 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 26 - 29 Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. Lake Umbagog, Me. Sept. & Oct. 1893. Spizella monticola Oct. 12 - 13 - 16 18 Up to Bethel, 1882. Spizella monticola. Maine (Lake Umbagog). Oct. 8-22 First seen October 11. By the 18th they were very numerous, haunting thickets along roadsides, the edges of the woods, and wood patches in the fields. Bethel, Maine Spizella monticola 1904, March 20 a Siskin bird in some bushes on top of hay near the mill, I think it may have been winter finch as I noticed one was seen in December.

Spizella monticola. 1902. January 9' 20' Bethel. 1903 December 14 1 head chaffinches many of them in all their winter dress. Dr. Schuyler's house. Bethel. 1904 March 20 20' in bushes on bank & south in "Elmke Mill" Bethel. October 20 ka. 21⑭ 22⁵ 23⁴ 25⁻⁴/₁ₓ (begging of p. Ix.) 27⁵⁰ 28⑧ 29⑫ 30 ka Bethel. November 9' Bethel.

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Spisella socialis. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1871. May 30- Very common, but rarely found far into the woods. June 10. A nest at Newry contained four fresh eggs on May 30. 1876. June 7. A nest found by Bailey contained four fresh eggs. " 12. Nest with three fresh eggs; among thickly growing firs on the edge of the Tyler place. 1879. June 19. Set B-4. Fresh. Hardhack bush--height five feet. 1882. Oct.8-22 Numerous up to the 11th when the last were seen. Spizella socialis. 1899. Oxford County, Maine. Sept.30²⁰ ; Oct.2¹⁵ᵒ between Bethel & Upton; Oct.IⓈ , Lakeside. W.B. 1876, June 13. Set C-4., Me., June 13, 1876, Upton, Me. coll W.Brewster. In Spruce sapling on side of road, 10 ft. up. near Brown's Tavern [1040] nest/4.

Spizella socialis. L. Umbagog, Maine. Spizelle Socialis.- very common. May 30-June 10, 1871. Spiz. Soc. Oct 11 last 1884 Spizella Socialis, Oct. 31 1884. Spizella socialis. Oct. 9 & 11 1855- Spiz. Socialis Sept. 1-4. Oct. 9 - 10 - 11 1883 S. Socialis 1889 Sept. 4 - 10 - 11 - 13 - 14 (30) 39 Spiz. socialis Sept. 20 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 29 - 30 Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. Oct. 10 - 14 rad killed dead in ball. Lake Umbagog, Me. Sept. & Oct. 1893. Spizella Socialis Sept. 21 3 (Pine Pt.) Oct. 16 newry, Me. Lake Umbagog, Maine. Spizella socialis 1894 August 24 25 26 Bethel " 27 Bethel to Upton " 28 Balaside Sept. 6 newry. " 18 Pine Point October 5 - 30 Balaside to Bethel. 1895. August 29 Bethel to Balaside. " 31 Balaside. September 1-5 Pine Pt / 13/Pine Pt / 25(Ball House) October 1 Balaside to Bethel. Lake Umbagog. 1896. Spizella Socialis May 11 Bethel. " 12 " to Upton " 13 14 15-12 16 - 17 } man " 18 19 - 20 21 Balaside June 10 12 " 14 About 1 mile E. of Spizella Nests in large opening (an abandoned farm) surrounded by forest & about 200 ft below nests before. copy D May 14 - at this date the common Sparrows (or one of the common land Birds) about the lower circle of Ks, Umbag. " 18 - One came on with Harris's Caged a large black ant, bit off & upset the bird, ate the rest. " 20 Copulating. June 10 Young on wing. 27

Spirula socialis 1897. Lake Umbagog. May 10² Bethel. 11" Bethel to Upton 12³/₄ 18 20⁴ Near Boathouse June 10¹ (Hawwood) 14⁵ In opening surrounded by spruces on Holman's Point near Pine Point. 1903. June 3² 4⁴ 5⁶ 6² 7⁶ 8⁴ Bethel " 9⁶ Norway " 11⁶ Bethel to Upton " 12② Boathouse, " 1906. June 13¹/₄ Bethel

Spiralis variabi. 1907. July 19, 20 13 etch. " 23, 24, 25, 31 (or last day) } man Lombricis. August 2, 5

Spirilla socialis B.-L. = Bethele to Bolinoid. L.-B. = Bolinoid to Benth. 1896 Lake Umbagog. August [Bethele to Bolinoids] 830 94 104 122 1420 1512 1620 2212 2410 September 101 per.1st. (Pine Point) October 5-15 or 20 between Bolinoid & Bethele. 1897. September Bethele to Bolinoid 2 15 1898 August B.-L. 22 100 September L.-B. 29 50 1899. October 13 2 15 White to Bush. 1900. B.-L. Bethele September 2 50 50 40 30 23 8 24 30 1902. September 7 15 9 16 15 20 30 Bethele 1904. September 8 50 9 50 10 50 12 30 13 30 15 13 15 30 16 20 17 10 18 10 19 30 Bethele 20 20 21 15 22 10 23 15 12 24 10 25 6 26 5 27 30 28 10 31 October 14 2 10 Bethele. 1905. September 2 8 3 12 4 2.5 6 50 7 15 Bethele.

Spizella socialis. 1890, Lake Umbagog. October 14. Near Pine Point. M. (elvin) also had a Chipping Sparrow which he picked up dead in the lake. It doubtless lost its way in the dense fog ear- ly this morning and flew in circles until exhausted. 1897, Lake Umbagog. June 14. In the forest. I recall (at Spelman's Point) a pair of Chipping Spar- rows (the first I have found in the forest this season).

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Spizella pusilla. near Bethel, Me, 1873. Spizella pusilla. - July 18: Heard a ♂ singing at Bethel, Spisella pusilla. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1873. July 18. Heard one singing at Bothol. 1881. May 12. A male singing by the roadside about five miles north of Bothol.

Spizella pusilla 1903. Oxford Co. Maine June 7th Parochea thier. Bethel.

Lake Umbagog. I added a new bird to the Umbagog list this forenoon — a Field Sparrow which I heard sing a dozen times or more about 100 yards north-east of the Lake House in a hilly pasture (formerly belonging to the Abbott farm) growing up to young spruces. The bird was perch- ed in one of these and within twenty yards of our boat, I failed to see him until he took wing and flew off over some tall spruces on the crest of the hill in the direction of the lake. His song was loud, ringing and in every way normal.

Junco hyemalis. 6

Junco hiemalis. 1871. Maine (Lake Umbagog). June --- A nest containing four fresh eggs, was built under the side of a fallen log in a pasture. 1872. June 3. Nest with young about a week old. 1876. color① May 30. // Near the bog on the Tyler road I came suddenly upon a female Snow-bird at work nest-building. She bustled about among the leaves collecting large mouthfuls and arranging them in a hollow among some small firs. In no instance did she go over ten feet away from the spot in her search for these materials. // June 13. A-4. A nest by the roadside in Grafton was built in the edge of a bank in a hole that extended in and downward at least five inches. The bird sat closely but disap- peared after being started off. Near Brown's Cover. inc. about 8 days. 1879. June 10. A nest, beautifully concealed in the bank of an upturned tree, contained five large young. " 12. Set of four eggs incubated about four days; nest sunk in the closely-cropped turf of a sheep pasture, sheltered and perfectly concealed by small dead fir branch which some one had dropped there. I stopped within about four feet of this nest when the female rose, flying to a neighboring fir, where she remained, utter- ing occasionally her characteristic chuck. The male did not appear. W.H.Ton. " 13. Nest in root bank beautifully concealed by a hang- ing curtain of earthy roots; contents: five young about a week old. " 14. Set C-4. Incubated about eight days. Nest on roadside in bank where a large rock had been taken out. " 20. Young on wing. 37

Junco hyemalis. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1880. May 22. Set D-3. Incubated about four days--nest on ground in hilly pasture. " " Set E-4. Incubated about four days--on ground in hilly pasture. Coll O. S. Mouse. Upton. copy 2 " 24. Three sets, four eggs each; one fresh, the other two incubated several days. The nests all in root banks placed almost exactly like those of Siurus naevius. The females were all sitting; two of them skulked away when I was eight or ten yards away from their nests and then came hopping about on the ground making a show of (May 24) feeding unconcernedly. The female of the third nest, the eggs of which were considerably further ad- vanced than the others, sat more closely, permitting me to approach within a yard. She looked very pretty in her snug retreat with her neat drab plumage and fleshy-pink bill; when she started she began tumbling about on the ground as if wounded. Upton. " 28. Set J-5. Incubated about four days. Side of earthy root-bank. & sitting G william. Cambridge River Imt & Alex Coolidge. June 15. Set I-4. Fresh--root-bank against face of small rock that was hung among roots. Height five feet; fe- nale sat closely. After blowing the ground-tint becomes pale green. dark slime w. J. Peaslee's Brook. " 19. Set M-3. Incubated about two days--side of mound in thicket under large yellow birch. Female sitting; she skulked quietly away but afterwards came up to have a look at me, chirping. John Brown's Pond [4 eggs]. copy 3 1882. Oct.8-22 Common during our stay. Their numbers perceptibly increased as the month wore on and by the 21st they were exceedingly abundant. In a drive to Andover taken that day we estimated that we saw at least five hundred. They were partial to the edges of the woods and roadsides but were to be found every where, even in the depths of the forest.

Junco hyemalis. Lake Umbagog, New England. Nest /4 (2846), May 21, 1896, coll.C.H.Watrous. Bird flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Thurston farm, Errol. Found May 20, set complete. Nest in spruce pasture in opening at foot of and concealed by little spruce sapling a foot or two high. Nest /4 (2867), June 3, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female seen on nest. Eggs small embryos. Pine Pt. (Pho.taken). Nest foot of little spruce in deep moss covering vertical face boulder in dense spruce, etc. woods. Position iden. with that of Sylvania canadensis nests, but 2 entrance holes, one on each side spruce whose branches hid them. Female near nest pretended indifference. Nest /3 (1107), June 1, 1881, coll.A.Coolidge. No notes on position of nest. Nest /4 (1108), June 2, 1881, coll.A.Coolidge. No notes on position of nest. Nest /5 (III3), June 24, 1881, coll.A.Coolidge. "On ground in pasture".

Junco hyemalis. I. Umbagog, Maine. Junco hiemalis - Common - May 30-June 10, 1871. Junco hiemalis - Common. June, 1872. Junco Oct. 26 Jun 1st alt. Nov. 1574 / 1881 May really rare this year / 1882 Oct. 15-20 about 2/1300, Junco hiemalis, Oct. 8 a a a a flock 6 5 6 c c c 500 jun co hun 1884: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 Junco. Oct 9² 10² 11³ 12¹⁰ 13⁶ 16² 17³ 18⁶ 21³⁰ 24² 25⁵ 26⁶ /1885 Junco hyemalis 1886 Oct. 12²⁰⁰ 13²⁰ 14⁵⁰ 15⁵⁰ 16³⁰ 17²⁰ 18¹⁰ 19¹⁰ 22⁵ 23¹⁰ 25¹⁰ Maine (near Bangor) Arrival in spring 1887 "Juncos arrived March 21st-" (Mr. Hardy in cette of Apr. 11. (1887) Junco hyemalis. Sept. 1887 1⁷ 2⁴ 3² 8¹⁰ 10⁶ 12¹⁵ 15⁶ 17⁶ 20⁶ 22½ 26² 27² 28⁶ Junco Sept. 1² 4⁰ 6⁴ 10⁹ 11⁵³ 13⁴ 15² 17³ 19² 22² 27¹⁰ 29⁴ Oct 3⁵ 5² 9³⁰ 10²⁷ 11¹⁰ 1888 Junco hyemal. Sept. 3⁶ 4¹⁰ 5⁸ 6 ⑳ 10½ 13⁸ 14¹⁰ 16⁸ 18⁴ 22² 24⁴ 25⁵ 28² 30⁶ 1889 Oct. 1⁸ 2⁶ 5⁴ 8⁶ 9³⁰ 10²⁵ 11²⁰ 12¹⁰ 13⁸ 15² 16⁴ 17⁶ 22⁴ 23½ 37 Junco Sept. 20⁴ 22² 23¹⁰ 24⁴ 25⁴ 26⁸ 29²⁰ 30¹⁰ Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. Oct. 1½ 2⁴ 3² 5² 8¹ 10⁴ 12⁶ 14¹⁵ 15¹⁰ 16⁴ 18¹ 20² 22² 25⁴ 26² 29³ 30⑲③ 40

Junco hyemalis. Descriptions of First Plumage of Certain North Am. Bbs. Wm.Brewster, 67. Junco hyemalis. First plumage : male. Upper parts dark brown, everywhere suffused with ashy, but most appreciably so upon the top and sides of head ; every feather marked obscurely with dull black. Greater and middle coverts tipped with reddish-brown, producing two rather indistinct wing-bands. Throat, and breast anteriorly, ferruginous-ashy, nearly obscured by streakings of dull black. Rest of under parts dull ashy-white, with a faint buffy tinge, spotted everywhere excepting on the abdomen with dusky. Crissum pale fulvous. From a specimen in my cabinet collected at Upton, Me., August 25, 1874. Considerable variation is exhibited by the series of specimens in first plumage before me. Some have the upper parts dull reddish-brown, with the streakings but faintly indicated, and scarcely any appreciable ashy either above or beneath. The first plumage is worn by the young of this species for an unusually long time. Bull. N.O.C. 3, July, 1878. p. 120-121. MAINE, (L. Umbagog.) 1855- Oct. 9_ Numerous up to Oct. 21st, after which they diminished rapidly. On several still warm days I heard the so singing in that peculiar low, soft, warbling strain heard in early spring. On the 21st as many as a dozen were all warbling at once in the top of a low spruce in the woods. // Junco hyemalis 41

Junco hyemalis. 1884, Lake Umbagog. October 14. copy 5 While we were eating lunch (on Cambridge River) a female Junco (evidently a young bird as it was very rusty on the wings and pink on the sides) attracted apparently by our fire came hop- ping about literally within arm's length. I have rarely seen any wild bird so fearless and confiding. It often approached within five or six feet and when I flung a stick at it merely dodged without flying. It was pecking busily among the moss and fallen leaves, its bright little eyes glistening like black beads. 1890, Lake Umbagog. September 26. Albino Junco. On the way (Ferrin's to Lakeside) saw a Junco which had the cheeks white and a few white feathers elsewhere in the plumage. 42

Junco hyemalis. Lake Umbagog, Me. Sept. & Oct. 1893. Junco hyemalis. Sept. 22² 23³ 24² 25⁻² 26³ 27⁻² 29② 30¹ Oct. 1³ 2⁴ 3⁹ 4 hd 5⁻² 6² 7④ 9⁻² 10¹ 11⁻² " 12⁶ full fog for 13⁴ 14⁶ 15⁻² * 5 minutes rad. " 16 30 Upton to Bethel, Lake Umbagog, Maine. Junco hyemalis 1894 August 27² Bethel to Ballads " 28⁴ " " 29⁻² 30³ 31³ Pine Point September 4² 5⁻² 17⁻² 19³ " " " 22② 25⁻² 26⑬ 27③ " " " 28² 29¹ 30¹⁰ October 1¹⁰ 2⁵ 3⑮ 15⁴ 4⑳ " " " 5¹⁰⁰ Ballads to Bethel, 1895. August 29² Bethel to Ballads 31²nd Lake September 1(③) 4hd 7hd P² 15⑨ 16 hd " 17 hd 18 hd 19⁶ 20³ 21② 22 hd 23 hd " 24 hd 27(12)Pine Pt. 28⑳ do 29③ do. [October 1 not one here else] dim fr. Upton to Bethel Junco hyemalis. 1899. Oxford County, Maine. Sept.27⑥, Bethel. Lake Umbagog. 1896. Junco hyemalis. Pine Point. May 12② Grafton (no others from Bethel to Upton) " 13⁴ 14⁶ (3*) 15② 16² hours } Ballads " 17² 18⑬ 19³ 20⁴ 21² } " 23¹(cloudy) 25-④ P. ¼ 27⅓ 28³ (1*) " 30 ½ P. 31 ½ P. June 2¾ 3¾ 4¾ " 10 12 (3*) & deep hollow. 11½ 12½ " 14⁵ Dim from Ballads to Colebrook Are singing in Riford Upton at highest point of road May 20. Nest 4 fresh eggs found by Watkins _ first 16. % " 30 " " " " " Pine Point 43

Junco hyemalis 1897. Lake Umbagog. may 10 Belknap to Upton. 14 15 17 18 3 hours 20 hours 24th June (Magnolia) 1 7 nest on mossy ledge 9% Rock 14 (Ephraim's Point) Belknap to Upton. near Rollinsford. " Great Island" June 7 Nest 4 eggs 50ft of mossy ledge entrance to Sunday Crr. Found by Watson. 1903. June 4 2 Brown 7 Paradis 11 6 Bellknap Hill 12 13 14 14 1 Belknap. " to Upton" Lakeside " Cambridge River 1906. June 13 young 7 days old, Belknap.

L. = near Bellair. P. = Pine Point. Junco hyemalis. 1896 Lake Umbagog. August [Bath to Lockwood] 8¹ / 14th - 15-1am 17 (and) 24½ P September 6③P 7②P 12hd 13②P 21hd 24 A. 27 am 30³ October 4(12) 5-26 1897 September P. c.R c.R. 15③ 25= 26= 1898 August P. 30 hd September P: 20²⁰⁻³ / Upper Megalo-guy Run / Parmachenee Carry / 2 / Upper Metallic P. 28² 1900. September 24² Bethel. 1902. September 7③ 9④ 10⑥ Bethel. 1904 September 8¹ 12³ 13³ 15⁻² 16⁵ 17²⁵ 18⁶ 19(15) 20¹⁵ 21¹⁰ 22²⁵ 23(15)₂₅ 24(10) 25(10) 26²⁰ 27⁵⁰ 28²⁵ 30③ Bethel. October 14 2²⁵ 20¹ 22⁶ 23² 24¹ 25② 27²⁰ 29² Bethel. November 8 hd. 9② after worked on ridge. Bethel. 1905. September 2¹ 8hd. Bethel. 1907. July 23²⁰ 24ₓ¹⁰ 25⁻⁶ } near Lakeside August 6²ₓ 45

Melospiza cinerea melodia. 46

Melospiza & melodia L. Umbagog, Maine. Melospiza melodia - by common. May 30-June 10, 1871. 2 per week Melospiza melodia - Sept. 5 1873. Mel. mel Aug. 15- 1874 / Oct. 9, 13 Melospiza meloda, Oct. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27 1884. Melospiza meloda Oct. 9 3,4 10 1/2 11 1/2 12 1/2 13 1/2 15 1/2 17 1/2 18 1/2 21 1/2 22 1/2 23 1/2 24 1/2 25 1/2 1885 Melospiza meloda. Oct. 13 3/4 15 3/4 17 3/4 18 3/4 19 3/4 1886. Sept. 1887 Mel. meloda 14 2/3 2 2/3 4 2/3 6 2/3 8 2/3 10 2/3 12 2/3 15 2/3 20 2/3 22 2/3 26 2/3 28 2/3 Sept. Mel. meloda 4 2/3 10 2/3 14 2/3 16 2/3 19 2/3 25 2/3 27 2/3 Oct. 2 2/3 7 2/3 9 2/3 10 2/3 full song 1888 M. meloda Sept. 3 4/15 4 4/15 5 4/15 6 4/15 7 4/15 10 4/15 11 4/15 12 4/15 13 4/15 14 4/15 16 4/15 30 4/15 1889 Oct. 1 4/15 5 4/15 8 4/15 9 4/15 11 4/15 16 4/15 17 4/15 22 4/15 23 4/15 24 4/15 34 Mel. meloda Sept. 21 10/15 22 10/15 23 10/15 24 10/15 25 10/15 26 10/15 27 10/15 30 10/15 Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. Oct. 1 14/15 3 14/15 5 14/15 6 14/15 8 14/15 9 14/15 10 14/15 12 14/15 16 14/15 Lake Umbagog, Maine. Lake Umbagog, Me. Sept. & Oct. 1893. Melospiza fasciata Oct. 6 Pine Pt., 15 2/15 Baldside " 16 15/15 cypress to Bethel. 1894 Melospiza fasciata August 28 1/15 Baldside September 11 1/15 (busted) 12 1/15 Leonard's Pond " 19 1/15 Errst to Drip well notes " 20 1/15 " " 23 1/15 Outtho. " 25 1/15 " " 26 1/15 Pegalloway Pond " 28 1/15 " " 29 1/15 " Baldside to Black St. Cove October 1 14/15 (busted) 2 1/15 " 3-70 Baldside to Bethel. 1895. August 29 10/15 Bethel to Baldside " 30 6/15 31 6/15 September 1 5 1/15 full song Pine Pt. 9 10/15 14 10/15 15 10/15 24 10/15 Beach " 25 10/15 (Baldside) 28 10/15 Baldside to Bethel. October 1 10/15 Baldside to Bethel. 47

Molospisa moloda. 1876. Maine (Lake Umbagog). June 6. A nest containing three eggs far advanced was built in the cavity of an old Robins nest among the stubs over the water. " 14. A nest containing five eggs incubated about eight days was sunk in a hollow in the ground in a clover field, the female slipped off after being nearly trodden on, but, like most of the birds here, showed little sub- sequent concern. Another nest of this species found yesterday contained six eggs fresh, a larger number than I have ever known of before. 1879 June 2. Nest with four eggs in low spruce near the Lake House. One yesterday on the ground with four eggs. " 18. Set E-5. Perfectly fresh. Nest on ground, over- arched by dry withered ferns. " 20. Young on wing. 1880. June 1. Set F-3. Fresh--nest in an old hole of Picus villo- sus in top of stub over the water in flooded forest at the Outlet a quarter of a mile or more from any exposed land. Hole perfect--not broken out. Height fifteen feet. Female sitting, male singing near. I was great- ly surprised upon rapping at this stub to see a Song Sparrow come out. W. end of Leonard's Pond. " 18. Set G-4. Incubated two or three days--nest in side of mound covered with dwarf cornell, in open meadow by the lake shore. Stone Farm. 2 flaked in wall & shot. 1882, Oct. 8-22 Not uncommon during our stay.

Melodia cinerea melodía. Lake Umbagog, New England. Nest /5 (2840), May 20, 1896, coll.C.H.Watrous. Bird flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Near Lakeside. W.brought in nest. I did not see it in situ. In side of bank near roadside, well- concealed by overhanging grasses. ......... Nest /5 (2845), May 21, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Sargent's pasture (near Lakeside). Nest with five eggs found May 16 by W.deserted next day. Nest in spruce pasture opening in side of mound prettily concealed under withered, broken-down last year's brakes. ...........

Melospiza c.melodia. Lake Umbagog. 1896. Melospiza fasciata S.= Bernard's Pond. P= Pine Point. May 11 Bethel. " 12 " to Upton " 13 14 15-16 17 } Balladside " 18 19 20 " 22 24 P. 25 P. 27 28 " 29 P. 30 31 P. June 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 " 14 Dixville Notch near highest point of road. May 16. Nest 5 fresh eggs in side of brake covered moss, where previous nest 2 eggs side of brake by roadside, had 4 eggs " 18 " " " " Before to-day we June 9-4 very nearly full grown have never been on nest. She was not there last night at 8 P.M. " 19 7-8 a.m. all raining - bird about - 5 eggs " 23 nest 5 fresh eggs built of grass in drying wood near old camp, Sleepy Arm, Watkins found bird, eggs & nest typical " 27 nest under driftwood on island in Blackall Pond Melospiza fasciata. 1899. Oxford County, Maine. Sept. 23' 274 , Bethel. Bethel, Maine Melospiza melodia 1904 March 25 in Dr. G's woods near the first camp bathing about on a small patch of bare ground (only a few square yards) another done this. It seemed to be feeding something - clutch but for it remained brief time - came out with. March 26. His singing was too loud and clear - The feeds on the extreme end than 1/2 lake ground this evening.

Melospiza fasciata. P = Run Point L.W. = Lower Meadow O. = Outlet, 1897. Lake Umbagog. May 11 Bethel, 10 Bethel to Upton " 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 " 22 24 / Pearl Lk. " 28 30 31 June 1 2 4 5 7 3 14 P. / [illegible] Bethel - Upton Near Pondside " Great Island Head of Baker 1903. June 3 4 5 6 7 " 9 Norway " 11 Bethel to Upton " 12 13 Lakeside " " 14 In swampy woods along river Cambridge Run " 15 Groat Dam 1906. June 13 Bethel.

Melosira fasciata 1896 Lake Umbagog. August [Belted] 8 9²* 10² 11½* 12¹²* 13¹⁰ 14¹⁵ 15²⁰ 16¹* 17¹² 19⁸ 20¹⁰ 22⁶ 24⁶ near Lakeside September 1² (Great) 3 (beached P.) 15 megel. Riv. 30' October 2¹ 3¹ 4¹ 1897 September m.R. Curtis in Typha Lath. Lo.H. C.R. 5¹ 15³ 21² 23³ 25⁵ 26³ 29¹ 1898 August Belted B.-L. 21³ 22¹³ September Lo.H. P. Amis-Ferry Beaches P. B.-L. 12¹ 13¹ 16¹ 18¹ 19 Camp. 24¹ 29⁶ 1900. September 2² 3² 5⁻² 6' 20² 21². / Belted 24² 1902 September 7⁴ 8² 9⁴ 10⁶ Beltd. 1904 March 25¹ on woods under firs 26²* Beltd. September 8² 9² 10¹ 13² 15² 17² 21' 22² 23¹² 24⁸ 25⁻² 26² 28® 30² Beltd. October 22' 25' Beltd. 1905 September 3² 4³ 6¹⁰ 7³ Beltd. 1907. July 18¹* 19²* 20²* Beltd. " 23⁴* 24⁴* 25⁷* 29⁶* 30⁵* 31³ } near Lakeside August 1* 2²* 3²* 5-4* 6²* 7²* 8¹* 9²* 10* 11¹* 12¹* 14¹* 15¹* B.-L. = Bottom to Lakeside. C.R. = Cambridge River Lo. = near Lakeside Lo.H. = " Lake House M.R. = Megalloway Run P. = Pinin Point. 52

Melospiza cinerea melodias. 1897, May 31. copy① Lake Umbagog. Megalloway River. The Song Sparrow appears to be almost as widely dis- tributed as the Tree Swallow, but it is not found far back in the forest but clings to the shores of the lake and to the river banks. We heard them singing in several places along the Megalloway as far up as Pulpit Rock. 53

Melospiza lincolnii.

Melospiza lincolni. 1876. Maine (Lake Umbagog). June 1. Shot an adult female on the wood-path to the Stone Farm; it was hopping about on the turf in the middle of the path and was perfectly silent.

Melospiza lincolnii L. Umbagog, Me. June 1, 1876 ♀ shot & W.B. Sept. 11, 1889 " " " " 30, 1887 A bird seen on fence & roadside Lake Umbagog, Me. Sept. & Oct. 1893. Melospiza lincolnii Oct. 16 by the woods in Norway. L. Umbagog, Maine. Mel. lin June 12th 1876 1887- Mel. lincolnii Sept. 30 one seen on fence by roadside on M. lincolnii Sept. 11 shot 1889 36 Mel. lincolnii Sept. 23 4 seen 2 shot 24 & shot 25 1 shot 30 7 seen 4 shot Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. MAINE, (L. Umbagog.) Melospiza lincolnii 1887 Sept. 30 One perched on a fence by the roadside on Upton hill. He drove past within ten yards of it and I saw its buff breast distinctly. It finally dove down into a thicket of raspberry vines. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1895- Melospiza lincolnii September 24 (Leonard Pond) Lake Umbagog. 1896. Melospiza lincolnii. May 15 - 2 shot

Melospiza lincolnii 1896 Lake Umbagog. September October L.H. 1 head chfp not. 1897 Pine Hill Pond, M.R. September 15-③ all green chfp not. den best. 1900. P. September 18' P. = Pine Point. L. = near Baker's L. L.H. = " Bald House M.R. = Megoway River

Mylaspiza lincolnii. Upton to Bethel, Maine. 1887. About midway of the long hill to Upton I saw a Lincoln's Finch. It dodged into a tangle of raspberry bushes as we approached then boldly mounted to the rail of the fence behind and crouched there facing us and showing its buffy breast so plainly that I made sure of its identity.

copy 1 Melospiza lincolnii 1889 Maine Sept. 11 L. Umbagog. Shot a 3 in fine autumnal plumage at the western dge of the Sargent farm in a dense arborescent swamp. My dog started it from the ground when it flew up into a bush over a heap of fallen logs. Although I could not see either color or markings I recognized the bird at once by its peculiar actions & shape. It twitched its tail up almost like a Wren and displayed a well-marked crest. After the dog had passed it flew down to the ground again. I advanced and passed within five feet of the log heap stopping and examining it closely. Supposing it had moved on I hunted all the neighboring thickets & finally returned. As I was about to kick one of the logs the Sparrow flew up from among them and alighted on a twig within ten feet of me. This time it sat quite still looking at me curiously & apparently without fear. I backed off slowly and shot it. It was in thin plush. 15 Lake Umbagog, Maine. 59

Melospiza lincolni. 1889, Lake Umbagog. September II. Sargent's clearing. I shot at a Blue Jay flying. Going to the place I sent Don in to look for it when he started a Lincoln's Finch. It flew up into a bush when I recognized it at once. Before I could get in the auxiliary it descended to the ground again. Failing to start it I supposed it had moved on and hunted the woods on every side. Finally I returned and found it in the very spot whence it started first. It fell a victim to my new auxiliary in the 20 g. 1890, Lake Umbagog. September 23. copy v Drive from Lakeside. We next skirted the edge of a great hillside pasture seeing a great number of Sparrows among which were two Lincoln's Finches. Both were flushed from fine dry grass in wet hollows. One flew into some bushes where I shot it, the other escaped into thick spruces and was seen no more... The report of the gun (H.W.Henshaw had fired at a Flicker) started a Sparrow which flew about 100 yds. very much in the manner of a Savanna Sparrow and a- lighted in the short grass in a mowing field. Upon going to the spot I flushed it and I saw at once that it was a Lincoln's Finch and finally shot it in a brush fence in which it finally took refuge. As I was wrapping it up Don started another from a bunch of grass near me but it made a long flight and escaped.

Melospiza lincolni. 1890, September 24. Lake Umbagog. Started two Lincoln's Finches from fine dry grass in a wet hollow in Sargent's plantation. H (enshaw) killed one flying. I the other in a brush fence where it sought shelter. September 25. Lake Umbagog. Pearley White's. I killed a beautiful Lincoln's Finch here. It started from the ground in a pasture on the edge of a strip of maples in one of which it alighted sitting perfectly still until I killed it. September 30. sopy 3 Lake Umbagog. Lakeside. I had intended to spend the day in packing but seeing a large number of Sparrows in a patch of weeds on the interval in the front of the house I took my gun immediately after breakfast, and went down to have a look at them. One of the first that I started was a fine adult White-crowned Sparrow which I shot in a I saw several more white-crown and shot a Lincoln's Finch. Encamped by it.) brush pile but could not find. Soon after this (I beat the weeds the weeds carefully many times in succession, driving the Sparrows from them to the bushes along the fences and by the lake shore where I could inspect them with comparative ease. Identified posi- tively seven Lincoln Finches of which I shot four, and ten White- crowned Sparrows of which I killed one. All but two of the White- crowns were young birds. One of them sang a confused but very Song sweet warbling strain not unlike that of a young Sparrow. I could have shot most of these young White-crowned Sparrows easily enough had I wished to do so, but the old birds were shy. 61

L. Umbagog 1890. Sept.23, copley 4 Melospira lincolni. In a single clearing about two miles from Errol & four from Lakeside H. and I positively identified four Lincoln's Sparrows and thought we saw two more. All were started in wet grassy places 100 yards or more from any trees or bushes. The first flew into a thicket on the edge of the woods where it joined a large flock of other Sparrows. We screeped a little when it came out & I shot it. The second rose from tall dried grass in a marshy hollow and took a long flight into some dense spruces where we failed to find it again. Both of these were in a back pasture on a steep hillside. The next two were in a low lying and very wet intervale. One flush- ed at 20 yards and flew nearly 50 yds. alighting again in short grass It rose again as I approached and sought refuge in some bushes along a fence where I shot it. The fourth was flushed by my pointer from a tuft of dead grass in a wet run. It lay very close rising within two feet of his nose and taking a long flight to the woods. Two of these birds flew very like Wrens, close to the ground, perfectly straight, with whirring wing beats. The third flew more like a Song Sparrow; while the flight of the fourth was so undulating & erratic that we mistook the bird at first for a Savannah Sparrow. All four were alone when first started and all were silent. 62

L.Umbagog. 1890. Sept.24, We started and shot two Lincoln's Sparrows to-day in the hill side pasture behind Sargents. Both were in wet hollows among the same fine, dry, wild grass* in which we found some of these birds yesterday. One was alone, the other in company with a Song Sparrow Both lay very close rising under foot and flying about 100 yds. The flight of one was level and whirring- almost exactly like a Marsh Wren's. The other flew like a Song Sparrow. One sought re- age in a bunch of ferns, the other in a brush fence. Sept.25, Started one from close cropped turf in a pasture on the edge of belt of young maples into which it flew alighting in a leafy maple where it sat perfectly motionless peeping out at me past the stem until I shot it. This specimen as well as all the others shot thus far proved to be very fat.Of the five three were males, one a female and the fifth bird apparently a female.

L. Umbagog. 1890. copy 6 Melospiza lincolni. On the intervale between Lakeside Hotel and the Lake shore are Sept.30 two patches of cultivated ground which owing to neglect, are now densely covered with tall weeds, which, ever since my arrival, have been thronged with Sparrows, chiefly Song & Swamp Sparrows with a few White-throats and Chippies and an occasional Savannah. I have beaten these places repeatedly for Lincoln's Finches but have found none until this morning when I saw at least seven, four of which I shot. All of them started from the weeds well out in the field and flew to the bushes and brush heaps along the border of the woods. I had no difficulty in distinguishing them from the Song Sparrows. and Swamp They lay closer than either and both sitting and flying looked smaller and slenderer. Their flight was peculiar and characteristic very level, direct & rather swift yet feeble and whirring, like that of a Marsh Wren. On reaching the bushes they would at once dis- appear but I found it easy to call them out again by making a low screeping sound. When in the bushes they seem to be less active than the other Sparrows and addicted to sitting perfectly still for several minutes at a time. When alarmed or suspicious, however, they would jerk their tails up and sideways much in the manner of a Goathlypis. During the entire forenoon I did not once hear any of them make any sound whatever. There were ten or twelve White- crowned Sparrows with them. Of those shot three were males, one a female. All were excess- ively fat. 64

Melospiza lincolnii. Lake Umbagog, Maine. copy 7 1897. We (Purdie, Will and I) kept on pretty steadily up the Sept.15. Megalloway, stopping once or twice to take a photograph, however, and turning into Pine Hill Pond when we reached that pretty little sheet of water. I was adjusting my camera for a picture when I heard the Junco-like tsup of a Lincoln's Finch and presently saw the bird flitting about among some bushes on a narrow point. It was presently joined by two more one of which came flying across the pond. All three chirped excitedly for several minutes. They were evidently alarmed at something but just what it was we did not discover. After I had taken my picture we rowed around the point and Gilbert landing beat it towards us. He started all three birds and I shot one of them but ruined it for a specimen, having no shot smaller than #10 with me. I had a good view of the other two birds and identified them beyond any question. They behaved in the usual manner lying close and skulking about under fallen logs and tops. The place was very wet with long, wiry grass growing in the open spaces. 65

Melospiza georgiana. 9 66

Melospiza palustris. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1871. June 3. A nest with four fresh eggs found on the Floating Island. 1874. Aug. 6. Several in a large swamp on the Tyler Path. How they find these isolated forest swamps is a mystery. 1879. May 29. H-4 A nest containing four fresh eggs was raised about a foot above the ground by rank dead grass of last years growth which formed a beautiful canopy over the whole. It was on the bank of the Cambridge River about a mile below the Sluice. 1880. June 1. Set K-5. Nest in moss-hung bow of prostrate fir; about four feet above the water, prettily concealed by a mass of usnea grass; female stole silently from the nest when I was within a yard of it. Island in Leonard's Pond. " " Set K-4. Nest among dry, last year's grass, raised about four inches above the damp ground on a floating island in Leonard's Pond. ♀ flushed & shot. Sept. 3. One singing this evening. 9. Feeding on wild rice along the lake shore. 1882. Oct. 8-22 A few seen on the 9th. 67

Melospiza georgiana. Lake Umbagog, New England. Nest /4 (2872), June 5, 1896, coll. Wm.Brewster. Female started from nest,& positively identified. Eggs inc.3 or 4 days. On floating island in Sweat's Meadow built among the stems of Cas- sandra bushes at a height (in the bottom of nest) of about 4 in. above the ground. Nest /5 (3037), June 5, 1897, coll. C.H.Watrous. Birds seen near nest. Eggs slightly inc. Among small alders six inches above water on a small floating island in pond opposite Pulpit Rock, Megalloway River. 68

L. Umbagog, Maine. Melospiza georgiana Melospiza palustris - Common May 30-June 10, 1871. Cumb, meadows Melospiza palustris.- June 9 June, 1872. Melospiza palustris. - Sept. 15. 1873. Mel. pal Aug 6 1874 / Sep. 3 1880 / Oct. 9 1882 " palustris Oct. 10, 11, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 Lee. last sun. 1894. Melospiza palustris Oct. 9- 10- 15- 27- 1885 Melospiza palustris Oct. 15- 1886. " palustris 2- 5- 10- 12- 14- 16- 20- 22- 25 Sept. 1887. L. Umbagog, Maine. Sept. m. palustris 4 - 10 11 13 14 15 17 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 Oct. 2- 3- 4- 5- 7- 8- 9 16- 10 11 1883 m. palustris Sept. 3 - 6 - 11 - 14 16 18 21- 22 25 26 28 1889 Oct. 2 - 5 - 8 - 9 - 11 - 19 - 24 35 Mel. palustris Sept. 21 22 24 26 29 30 Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. Oct. 3- 5- 8- 9- 10- 18- Lake Umbagog, Me. Sept. & Oct. 1893. Melospiza georgiana Sept. 22 (lots of stuff) 24 28 Oct. 8 Melospiza georgiana. 1899. Oxford County, Maine. Sept. 27 ' , Bethel.

Melospiza georgiana. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1894 Melospiza georgiana August 28² Lakeside September 3 2/9 Outlet " 12 1/2 13 1/2 18 1/2 19' 20' " 21 1/2 22 1/2 29 1/2 October 1² 1895. August 30¹ September 1 1/2 5 1/2 8 1/2 10 1/2 12 1/2 19 1/2 22 * saw thrush at Mount August Mt. " 24 (kinds) P. 1 28rd Lake Umbagog. 1896. Melospiza georgiana. May 12¹ 13² 15' 19' June 1* Leonard's Pond, 3rd da 4* moran 5 to Sweet Meadows. " 10² 12 6/ Coshistry Plain June 5th. nest among Castanea blos on floating island, Sweet Meadow, 4 fresh eggs Melospiza georgiana 1889. T. Umbagog, Maine. Searle Shannaw abundant Abundant up to about the 10th. of October; a few seen as late as the 24th. of that month. Every pleasant evening up to September 21st. the males sang regularly after sunset, several often being heard at once. The last one heard singing was on the evening of Oct. 5th. None were observed singing in the air. They haunted chiefly the marshes and borders of streams, but, on Sept. 11th., I saw a young bird in a belt of maples bordering a road on a hillside some distance from any water. 70

Melospiza georgiana. 1897. Lake Umbagog. May 12 3/4 meadow, 26 1/4 lakeside " 31 1/2 grassland June Bottle Brook Pond floating islands 8 1/4 4 3/4 7 1/2 in marshes 7 % meadows. June 2 Half completed nest on island in Bottle Brook Pond. " 5 Nest 5 eggs (incubated) floating island Pulpit Rock Pond. " 7 " 3 " " Curtis Meadow. " 1903 June 14 3/4 Two in B. meadows, one in woods Blue Forks. Cambridge Rive

Melospiza georgiana. 1896 Lake Umbagog. August 9² 10² 11² 12² 14¹ 19¹ (near Rockwood) 26¹ September 5⁻² P/15 my Riv. 28½ L. H. October 2¹ 7¹(2*) 1897 September 7⁵ 15³ 21³ 25¹ S.H. (back long way) at himself) 1898. August 30³ September M.R. L.H. R.H. Upper M.R. M.P. 3² 10² 12³ 18% meadow camp at un. 20% Paramecium Camp 23% (running) at day break 1900. C.R. September 14¹ 21' 1907. August 2² 9% near mouth of Cambridge River. L = near Rockland L.P. = Bernardo Pond. L.H. = near Rock House. M.R. = Megalloway River M.P. = Moon Point 72

Passerella iliaca. 10 73

Passerella iliaca. L. Umbagog, Maine. 1542 Passerella Oct. 10 3 13 4 21 many 15. Passerella iliaca Oct. 11 13 2, 14, 16, 18, 19, 24, 26 1884. Passerella iliaca Oct. 13 2 - 16 4 - 25 3 2/3 1885 Passerella iliaca Oct. 13 2 - 15 2 - 16 4 - 18 2 - 23 20 - 24 2 - 26 2 1886. Pas. iliaca Sept. 30 (Chadbourne) Oct. 9 3 - 17 2 1889. 42 Passerella Oct. 17 1 - 18 1 - 19 1 - 20 2 - 21 1 Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. Lake Umbagog, Me. Sept. & Oct. 1883. Passerella iliaca Oct. 12 2 / 13 2 1882. Passerella iliaca. Maine (Lake Umbagog). copy Oct. 8-22 // Arrived October 10 when we say three. Afterwards their numbers gradually increased, until by the 18th they were abundant. They were found more or less numer- ously everywhere but especially haunted solitary glens, often deep in the woods, where young spruces and firs grow thickly. They did not consort much with other Sparrows but occurred most frequently in little companies of three or four. 1883. Oct. 19. Several

Passerella chiara 1904. October 27th Biltmore.

Pipilo erythrophthalmus. // 76

Pitilo erythrophthalmus. 1880. Maino (Lake Umbagog). June 12. A male singing in a thicket opposite the post-office. I have never seen it here before.

Zamelodia ludovicianana. 78

Zamelodia ludovician2. Hydromelas ludovicianæ. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1871. May 30- June 10. Rather common at the lake. Seen all the way up from Bothel. 1873. Aug. 17. Saw a young bird in fall plumage on the Megalloway River; it was shy and restless, alighting on the tops of the tallest trees and uttering its fall-note, which somewhat resembles that of the Blue Bird. " 26. They are getting numerous and evidently coming in from the north. I saw several small flocks to-day along the wooded banks of Cambridge River. They flew from tree to tree, usually alighting on the tops, and utter- ing the peculiar fall note already described. 1874. Aug. 1. Saw two broods of young, one accompanied by a su- perb adult male apparently in fall plumage. The young uttered the plaintive note peculiar to the autumn but also the sharp click of the adult. " 4 Saw several broods of young on Upton Hill. 1876. June 3. A number heard singing at different points around t the lake. 1879. June 3. A male singing to-day is the first sou far noted. " 9. Abundant in the woods just east of Dixville Notch. 1880. May 20. A single male; 1881. May 19. Several in the woods near the Middle Dam.

Zamelodia ludoviciana. L. Umbagog, Maine. Hydenele ludovieiana.. Rather common May 30-June 10, 1871. Hydenels ludoriciena - June 13 June, 1872. Hydenets ludoriciana - Aug.17,26 ; Sept.10 1873. Aug 1/4 broods young 4 several broods of young 2/1st - Sept 2 inst. 1874 / May 29 1876 / June 4 1879 / Aug 1880 Hydener Mar 19. Sept. 4 ± Hydenels lake Lake Umbagor. Maine. Hydenele ludoviciana 1894 September 3² 1895. September 10 (Pia ft.) Lake Umbagog. Habia ludoviciana. 1896. May 15

Habia ludoviciana. P= Pine Point. 1896 Lake Umbagog. August 22. A brown bird either ♀ or ♂ & fluttering about in alders near the lake house in company with wrens & sparrows. It entered the antlered cell with several times. 1897. September 6. A brown bird either ♀ or ♂ appeared in a bush directly in front of the camp at Pine Point & remained there for several minutes fluttering about among the upper branches. There was a few wretches in the grove at the time but were very near the tree in which the grosbeak was. 1898. August 30 ☾ 31 ☾ copy ⓥ September 1, 2, 3 heavy 4! heavy flight. early 5-6 sound flock wing P (been 7! (squal water nor. fog this evening this evening night) / (zig) August 30. A young male with the entire breast suffused with pale rose color disguised in the pine in front of the camp and remained there for several minutes calling chick and peep. The chick was similar in form to the ordinary chick but very different in quality being soft & throaty. This is the note that I hear on July at home when the young birds are eating our cherries. The peep is used chiefly as a flight call during northward migration. It is closely similar to the flight call of the throated finch. I do not hear either of those notes in spring. " 31. One giving the ordinary chick call at close range. Aug - Sept. Heavy nocturnal migration on nights of August 30 & Sept. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 September 5 A heavy flight all night. Studying the flight call closely I find that it is subject to great variation. Sometimes it is throaty almost guttural - again clear and sweet (peep); at times metallic (chink). The metallic form closely resembles the chink of the Bobolink.

Habia ludoviciana. G. I. = Great Island B. = near balcarra 1897. Lake Umbagog. May 16 (R. Point) near balcarra 21 \\" \" Great Island June 12 / 1903. June 9' trees // shores lake Penissewossee Norway, 82

P. = Pira Perú Habia endorèiana. 1900 September 15 7 am

Cyanospiza cyanea. 84 13

Cyanospiza cyanea. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1871. May 30. A single male just above the Notch. 1872. June -- Shot a pair on Upton Hill. 1876. June 21. A male singing in Godwin's field. 1879. May 31. A male singing in Peaslee's pasture. June 1. A male singing at intervals during the day in the elm by the window. " 6. Several males at the lower settlement on the Hogal-loway. " 20. Apparently abundant this season; heard at least a dozen to-day between Upton and East B Hill, Andover road.

Cyanospiza cyanea. Cyanospiza cyanea. - June 2 near Bethel, Me. 1872. L. Umbagog, Maine. First Cyanospiza cyanea. - June 11 June, 1872. a pair Cyanoziza cyanea. - June 13-28 1873. Cyanospiza June 21 1/2 1876 / May 31 1/2 June 1 1/4. 6 . 20 Cyana cyanea 17 ½ Sept. 1887. Sept. Cyana. cyanea 4th - 6th / Oct 4 Soa that b. cyania Sept. 4th 6th 8th 9th 10th 1889 44 Passerina cyanea Sept. 25 young females Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890. Lake Umbagog, Maine. Passerina cyanea 1894 August 27th Baldside 1895. August 30th 31st Baldside Lake Umbagog. 1896 Passerina cyanaa. May 20 call note - 21 1/2 heard June 11 ♂♀ Baldside 13th do. spearing. Cyanospiza cyanea. 1899. Oxford County, Maine. Sept. 27 * (in full song) Bethel. 86

Passerina cyanea. 1897. Lake Umbagog. 1903 June 4 2 (Brown Hill) 6 1/2 x intermedia 7 1/2 x Penobscot Bethel.

Cyanophora cyanea 1900. September 21' near Ball House.

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