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Arif sponsa.
L. = Leonard's Pond
M. = McGarry Run ~ to pond.
P. = Moon Point.
1896 Lake Umbagog.
August 9 (10) feet Puffins - 18 (5) Pond near Eagle Head 22 (5) da. 26° 27° 28° 31° Canis Minor
near Rocken Barh.
September 7 (4) 15° (5) (1) M.
Sept. 15. Fired into a flock of five killing four of which there was
young drakes showing tail-tips & single feathers of the field plumes. The
fourth bird was a young ♂. I watched the flock for half an hour
or more. They fed wholly on the surface of the water coming down
apparently vegetation swimming about very slowly with wings lowered to
flutlets out certain but little glass. Not even dive on of them "left off"
its body. The flock went ashore in our flues & walked about on
the mud standing & running very erect and with as much
gain and ease as waders.
1897
September 7 (20) Whales Rock 15° (10) Curtis Meadow Cambridge Ruins
Cove 15 (6) (1) 21 (4) (3) 22! 25 (3) at 9:00 ;
1898.
Curtis m.
August 30 (2)
September c.R. c.R. - just below Rockin' m.P. m.P. m.P.
11° 12 24 on p.m. 15-50 / one old 23 15° or 24 (3) at 9:00
drakes
1900.
Curtis M.
September L. m.P.
4 (4) 6' 8 hs. 14 °
1902.
September 10° swimming in Ellis River, Andover, Maine.
1907
August 5 (2) (9) (2) Swimming in lagoon in marsh near mouth of Cambridge River 71