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Parus hudsonicus
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1889 Maine
Oct. 11 L. Umbagog. A flock of five or six came straggling in flying
to shore their scowring from the lake which a mile
they had crossed when it is more than a one lake.
mile wide.
These tits were most numerous this autumn the last
week in September and the first week of October. After
Oct. 10th I saw comparatively few. I believe that the bulk
sometimes migrated further south. They were found in, September in
mixed flocks of warblers, nuthatches etc. and during October,
associating with P. atricapillus but as a rule they were in
small flocks (3 to 5 or 6 birds) composed entirely of their
own species; they are less often seen in mixed woods Hardest
than in larch and arbor vitae swamps and in heavy pine
timber. They also haunt the edges of pastures & openings
grown up to young fir and spruce.