Lexington, Mass.
1910
June 9
(no 7)
[June 9, 1910]

Helmin. leucobronchialis [Helminthophila leucobronchialis]

but sitting down at the base of the pine waiting quietly
in hopes one of the males would come. At the end of a 
very few minutes the [male] chrysoptera appeared with food
in his bill. For at least ten minutes he flitted close about
the nest sometimes approaching it within a couple of yards
and evidently wishing to visit it and feed the [female]. But
he could see us and he was suspicious. At length
he settled on a low twig & sat there almost motionless
for a long time still holding the food in the tip of his
bill. Finally he flitted off through the shrubbery & we
saw him no more. We all agreed that he must be
the mate of the [female] "leuco." [Helminthophila leucobronchialis] although up to this morning
the evidence had all seemed to indicate that the [male] leuco [Helminthophila leucobronchialis]
was her mate. The latter looks exactly like the bird Faxon
found three years ago on the other side of the swamp
about 150 yards from where the nest is this year (see Auk record).