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breeding within the United States, although it is 

 possible that it may be found to do so in North- 

 ern and Eastern Maine. Mr. Boardman met with 

 its nest within twelve miles of St. Stephen, in the 

 British province of New Brunswick, during the 

 last of April, which was built upon a low spruce 

 tree. A nest was discovered by R. R. Macfarlane, 

 Esq., at Anderson River Fort, June 11, 1863, 

 which was a felted structure of various materials, 

 elaborately and symmetrically worked. It was 

 seven inches in diameter and three and a half in 

 height, with a cavity four and a half inches in 

 diameter and two in depth. The base is com- 

 posed of twigs, coarse plants, and the residue 

 of feathers of divers birds, down of Eider 

 and other ducks, fine mosses and lichens, slender 

 stems of grasses, &c., skilfully and artistically 

 interwrought and strengthened by slender twigs 

 and steins, without affecting the character of the 

 entire structure. 



The eggs are six in number, light greenish 

 ground- color, and marked and streaked with 

 obscure purplish and rufous-brown. They measure 

 i.io inches in length, and .80 in breadth. 



