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Sphenagius varus. W. Outfit.
1897. Lake Umbagog.
May 14 16 near Barricade
" 21 22 25 26 27 " Great Island
" 28 31 Head of brook
June 1 2 3 4 14 " " "
June 5 nest 5 eggs on point of hatchling, nest 4 fresh eggs, two nests nearly hatched young (hatching)
" 14 A bird heard uttering a guttural wick-wick-wick-wick-wick-wick apparently a note of courtship and not unlike a call of the Phalaris.
1903.
June 5 after orchard near Lucy Barnes's Lodge Bethel.
" 12 near the Posen Spring Upton
" 14 about 1 mile below the Forks Cambridge Pines