Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Nettion carolinensis. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1888 Call note Oct. 10 Shot a young bird in Bernards Pond. At first it was with four Wood Ducks. Afterwards it swam off and after feeding for some time tucked its head under its wing & went to sleep. Its motions while feeding were similar to those of a Mallard Duck. It was very noisy, uttering incessantly a feeble, nasal hae, hae, hae that sounded as much like the creak of a hinge as anything else but was still a duck-like quack given in cracked tones.