Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Dendroica tigrina. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1874. July 28. Shot a young male in the firs behind the mill. Aug. 6. Shot a male in fall plumage in a mixed flock of Warblers among second growth birch and poplar, on the Tyler road. " 7. Shot an adult male. " 10. Shot an adult male. 1876. May 26. A single male shot; another was seen yesterday a few miles north of Bethel. June 6. Heard a male singing and shot a female on the Stone path. " 21. Heard one singing on the south shore of the lake. 1879. May 29. Not a single specimen seen or heard during a trip up Cambridge River to the Sluice. 1880. May 20. Shot a male which was singing in the trees border- ing Cambridge River above the dam. 1881. May 17. Shot an adult male in a small fir behind the Lake House; was in company with D.blackburniae and Parula americana. " 18. Another male in exactly the spot where one was shot yesterday. I fired at it, bringing it to the ground, but it flew up into the thick spruces where a little later I heard either it or another singing. I neglected to note seeing a bird of this species at Bethel May 11.