189
*
Lake Umbagog.
Great Island
1897.
June 11
(No 2)
D. caerulescens 7 [male] [male], 3 [female] [female] with mate, Compsothlypis a. usnea
7 [male] [male] *, Corvus americanus 6, Dendroica coronata 5 [male] [male] *,
Setophaga ruticilla 5 [male] [male] *, Vireo olivaceus 5 [male] [male] *, Sitta canadensis
5, Turdus swainsoni, 4 ; Seiurus aurocapillus 4 [male][male] *; Certhia
americana 3 [male] [male] *, Anorthura hyemalis 3 [male] [male] *, Parus atricapillus
3, Seiurus novaboracensis 2 [male] [male] *, Ceophloeus pileatus 2 *,
Trochilus colubris 2, Sylvania candensis 1, Dendroica
tigrina 1 *, Carpodacus purpureus 1 *, Cyanocitta cristata 1,
Contopus borealis 1, Dryobates villosus 1, D. pubescens 1, 
Anas obscura 1 (started from shore) Haliaetus leucocephalus 1,
Buteo latissimus 1; in all twenty eight species. To 
this list should be added Turdus pallasii of which I saw the
nest [delete]The [?][/delete] and four young found by Watrous yesterday. The
nest was placed on the top of a little knoll, deeply sunk in
the mossy ground and surrounded by a rather scanty growth
of yew which was not over 12 inches in height. It is
unusual to find a Hermit's nest in heavy old-growth
forest far removed from any opening or clearing (I heard a
Wood Pewee & Red-breasted Grosbeak singing on June 12. This raises the list to 31)
[List of 
birds noted
there to-day[/margin]
[margin]Nest of
Hermit Th.[/margin]
  The Cape May Warbler was heard singing about 50 yards
from the shore in rather open woods of large spruces,
balsams, hemlock, & yellow birches. The song of this Warbler
is louder - at least sharper and more penetrating - than
that of either the Bay-breast of Blackburnian. In these
respects it resembles the song of Pronotaria but the
tone or quality is more wiry and, indeed, very close
to that of Mniotilta. The bird is perhaps the least
regular and persistent singer of the genus. One can
never be sure of finding him in song, even in the
early morning, and his singing periods are ordinarily
brief with long intervals of dead silence. The number of
[margin]Cape May
Warbler[/margin]