Near Wareham, Mass.
1900.
June 12-14
(No 6)
  5. Sialia sialis. - Common and very generally distributed
breeding not only in or near the villages but
throughout the more open portions of the pitch pine
& oak woods. Brood of young on wing June 14th.
  6. Parus atricapillus. - Common especially in pitch pine woods.
  7. Mniotilta varia. - Common in the older oak woods but
not seen in the pitch pines or in the younger
more scrubby oak-grown tracts.
  8. Helminthophila rubricapilla. - A male in full song June 13th
in oak woods near East Wareham. Mr. Bangs
has never before observed this species in Plymouth
County although the region seems admirably
adapted to its requirements.
  9. Compsothlypis a. usneae. - Abundant and very generally
distributed but most numerous, of course, in
swamp woods where the Usnea grows most
profusely. We found a pretty nest containing three
eggs on the point of hatching on June 12. The
nest was in a pitch pine about 10 ft. above the
ground. The female was shy & nervous invariably leaving
the nest before we were near the tree & returning
to it with great caution & circumspection after
we had left its immediate vicinity. The male
joined her after we had examined the nest.
  10. Dendroica aestiva. - Confined to the immediate neighborhood
of villages & cultivated grounds where it was common.
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