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Anas obscura.
1896. Lake Umbagog.
August 10 (7) - 11 hard 12 (2 ad) 13 calt 14 hard 15 hard 20 (18)
(flying)
26 5° 28 3° 28 7 29 (12/5)
September 1 (3) 3 (3) 4 (8) 5 (5) 7 (12) 10 (3) 12 (7) 14 (8) 15 (11) M. 17 (13) 22 28
October 2 (6) 3
The note of the drake is a wheezy quack-quack or quack, quack,
which I can distinguish, to my ears, from the call of a young
golden-eye duck.
1897
September a a M. a. M. megalonyx R m. C.R. near South Point
9 (ad) 10 (5) 11 (3) 13 (5) 14 ad 15 (23/7) Run 19 (9) (Shelburne) 21 (3) 22 (7) 23 (3) 25 (60) 29 (5) 30 (5)
1898
August Return off Point A. P. Cutler M. P.
21 27 (7) 29' 30 23d 31 (2)
September R m R m.P. m.P. C.R. M.P. (evening) Upper Mitchell Flats M.P. Ne. P. East end
2 (7) 5 (7) 8 (2) 9 ad. 10 (7) (below mill) 15 7½ (flying) 21 (3) Pond, 22 (6) 23 (3) 24 (4) 28 (4)
1899.
October 1 (3)
1900.
September Moore Point at evening Cord. Run
4 2 6 2 7 40 8 30 9 20 10 (3/4) 14 (3/2) 16 (2) 18 (45) 21 (3) (4)
1904.
October 31 (5) flying high towards N. over St. G.'s Point 9 A.M. Barrels.
P = near Run Point
C.R. = Cambridge Run
D. = Outlet meadow.
M. = Megallonyx Run & To found hives.
M.P. = Mason Point.