88
Lake Umbagog
Outlet
1897
May 28
(No 6)
  A Canada Jay was heard screaming in the direction of
Leonard's Pond. There was apparently only male Red-wing
singing in the whole Outlet region.
  We found five or six Cow Blackbirds' nests, all in 
hollow stubs over the water. Most of them were empty
and apparently not quite finished but two held sets of 
five eggs each, one set being fresh, the other slightly
incubated as are most of the nests which are placed 
on the branches of trees, the other was a thin shell of
mud scantily lined with dry grass. In the case of
the former the hollow of the tree was large and roomy,
in that of the latter the nest, light as it was, fitted
it closely all around.
[margin]Nests of
Bronzed
Grackle[/margin]
  The tree Swallows acted as if they were laying but
we did not open any of their nests. 
[margin]Trees Swallows[/margin]