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