Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Turdus pallasi. 1871. Maine (Lake Umbagog). June 2. A nest containing three fresh eggs built on the top of a mossy log. " 3. A nest containing three eggs far advanced in incuba- tion was sunk in the side of a mossy hillock. " 9. A nest containing three newly hatched young. 1872. copy ① June 3-14 Not very common and found only in certain localities chiefly pastures on the steeply sloping hill-sides, es- pecially where young firs and spruces are growing up. The males sang usually just inside the edge of the woods. " 11. Nest found to-day and one June 3; each contained three nearly fresh eggs. Both were built at the foot of fir shrubs in open pasture fifty yards or more from the woods. 1873. Aug. 19. Heard several males singing on the Mogalloway. 1874. July 28. Listened to a grand concert of those Thrushes at Tyler Cove this evening. Aug. 8. Shot two young in speckled plumage; they were clucking like old birds. Sept. 9. I heard them passing overhead last night in great numbers, uttering the peculiar note which is seldom heard except at night.