128 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



remain here through the summer. On May 31, 1897, while collect- 

 ing in a thick woods of mixed spruce and fir, my attention was 

 attracted by the constantly recurring song of a Kinglet. With the 

 aid of a pair of opera glasses I located the songster, and found 

 that he was accompanied by his mate who was engaged in building 

 her nest. She would seek suitable material in the immediate 

 vicinity, and with her mouth filled with huge pieces of moss, 

 gleaned from the tree trunks, she would repair to the top of a 

 spruce tree which was near at hand. I climbed the tree and located 

 the nest near the extremity of a limb, 25 feet from the ground, but 

 well concealed from observation from below. It was then a mere 

 foundation of mosses and had evidently just been commenced. 

 The birds were somewhat shy, but by careful observation I failed 

 to detect the yellow crown patch of satrapa, nor was I able to fully 

 satisfy myself that they were calendula. I made a number of sub- 

 sequent visits to the nest and watched the actions of the birds, 

 becoming fully satisfied of their identity. On June 15th the nest 

 was ready to be lined, and I did not again visit it until the 24th, 

 when I found it was deserted, this doubtless being due to my 

 unusually close examination of it during my previous visit. 



The nest, which is now in my possession, was situated near the 

 end of a limb, 25 feet from the ground and about 8 feet from the 

 main trunk. It was supported by a number of small twigs which 

 drooped from the limb and was directly under it. Exteriorly it is 

 composed of mosses, mostly such species as grow on the trunks of 

 trees, mixed with a few lichens of the genus Cladonia, Parmelia, 

 and Usnea. Viewed from a distance of a few feet it looked like a 

 green ball of moss. Interiorly it is composed of Usnea longissima, 

 closely interwoven and intimately mixed with feathers and small 

 quantities of moss. The lining is not completed. The exterior 

 depth is four and the interior three inches, while the outside diame- 

 ter is three and the inside one and one-half inches. A few days 

 later I visited the same woods, obtained a glimpse of the birds, 

 and heard the song of the male, but soon lost sight of them. The 

 locality was about four miles from Orouo, Penobscot County. 



County Records. Androseoggin,, "fairly common"' (Johnson) ; Cum- 

 berland, "common transient" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 5); 

 Franklin, "comrnon'migrant" (Richards) ; Hancock, "occurs, status not 

 known" (Knight) ; Kennebec, "very rare migrant" (Dill) ; Kuox, "rare 



