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Rhacophilus solitarius.
Maine (Lake Umbagog).
1873.
July 20. Saw one alight on the top of a stub fifteen feet
high.
Aug. 2. Found them abundant on the Megalloway and Andros-
coggin a dozen often starting at once from the shore.
As the steamer advanced driving them on before, the air
became literally full of them.
" " Extremely abundant on the Androscoggin and Megallo-
way Rivers; sometimes upwards of a hundred would be seen
in one mile.
" 23. Shot one on Cambridge River about two miles above the
dam.
" " They are not nearly as abundant as they were in July.
Sept. 3. They seem to have all gone; I saw the last August 30.
" 8. Although this bird seems to have left Lake Umbagog,
I found it numerous to-day around the shores of Richard-
son Lake.
" 18. Heard one to-day.
" 22. Saw one on Cambridge River.
1874.
July 24. Saw oen at Bryant's Pond.
1879.
May 29. A single bird and one pair on B Meadows. The lat-
ter I think were unquestionably mated, and may breed
there; they were seen in the same place both going and
returning.
1880.
May 20. Literally in swarms on B Meadows. As we drove they
kept collecting till as many as six or eight often sat
together. In the still air their wings rustled audi-
bly as they flew. Flight eccentric; when high in air
they resemble Winson's Snipe, and like that bird, probe
the mud when feeding.
" 22. A few on B Meadows, but not nearly as many as were
seen there on the 20th.