JOURNAL OF MAINE OKMITHOLOIIICAI, SOCIETY. 



Junco, ) 



Robin, 



Shore I^ark, ) 

 Fox Sparrow, 

 Bluebird, | 



Downy Woodpecker, \ 

 Song Sparrow, I 



Red-winged Blackbird, \ 

 Woodcock, 

 Tree Sparrow, 

 Hudsonian Chickadee, 

 Hermit Thrush, | 

 Savannah Sparrow, S 

 Myrtle Warbler, ) 



Golden-crowned Kinglet, > 

 Tree Swallow, ' 



Yellow Palm Warbler, 



Mch. 22 



A pi. 21 



Time of Incubation of the Ovenbird. 



Age at Which the Fledglings Can Leave the Nest. 



By CORDEIylA J. Stanwood. 



June 26, 19 10, while passing from an evergreen growth to a 

 deciduous growth on moist land, I was startled by the call of two 

 little birds that fluttered around me, one dragging a helpless wing. 

 Immediately I recognized them as Ovenbirds. I was afraid I had 

 injured their nest. After examining a space for my feet in the dim 

 light, I got down on my hands and knees and went over the ground 

 minutely. The birds fussed a time, then left me. I saw no trace of 

 a nest. As I walked forward into an open space, I noticed a heap 

 of moss directly in the path I had indicated by broken branches a 

 few days before. But for the outcry of the little birds, it seems 

 probable that I should have stepped on the frail structure. Upon 

 examining the nest, I found that it had no lining. 



June 29. The nest contained one egg. 



July 2. 11 A. M., I felt four eggs in the nest. 2 P. M., bird 

 not incubating. 



July 3. Did not visit the nest of the Ovenbird in the morning. 

 3 P. M., the bird was incubating. Her head extended outside of 

 the nest. She remained motionless. Apparently she thought she 

 was unobserved. 



