536 THE BIRDS OF MAINE 



authentic records of nests being found at Pittsfield, Maine, 

 and one record of a nest between Burnham and Unity, making 

 a total of thirteen known instances of nests being found in 

 Maine. A detailed record of these nests may be of interest, 

 as they seem to be the only recorded ones from the United 

 States. 



Nests found in Bangor Bog, about six miles from Bangor: 

 May 30, 1892, nest on ground in moss at foot of a small 

 spruce, contained four newly hatched young; June 4, 1892, 

 nest similarly situated containing four young with well 

 developed plumage; also two nests in similar situations 

 containing respectively five fresh eggs and five eggs incubation 

 nearly complete. These nests were composed of fine dry sedges 

 and grasses, lined with a few feathers and in the case of the 

 one with the fresh eggs a few horsehairs were also present. 

 The nests were all well concealed in the sphagnum moss which 

 covered the surface of the bog and were at the foot of small 

 bog spruces. The ground color of the five eggs in question 

 was a peculiar roseate buffy white, fading to white when the 

 eggs were blown. They were sparsely spotted with very fine 

 markings toward the smaller ends while toward the larger ends 

 the spots increased in size becoming blotch-like and tending to 

 form a rather close wreath. The spots were lilac, brown and 

 lavender colored and of varying or intergrading shades. The 

 eggs measure 0.65 x 0.51, 0.65 x 0.50, 0.65 x 0.50, 0.67 x 

 0.50, 0.65 X 0.50 inches, which measurements agree very closely 

 with those of other sets since found. 



Nearly half of the nests of this species which I have seen 

 were seen on this one day. No other nests were found, in spite 

 of most diligent search, until June 2, 1894, when at the same 

 locality I found a nest with four nearly fledged young and also 

 a nest containing five quite fresh eggs. June 9, 1901, a nest 

 containing nearly fledged young was found. The final nest for 

 this bog was found June 22, 1905, at which time it contained 

 two eggs and the number had not increased any on June 26th, 



