Itflnlotllta varia . 



Concord, Itoss, Nest and. fowr eggs. 



1898. We found this forenoon in a wallv (from the cabin) a 



J\me 5. Blaclc and Yrnite Creeper's nest with four slightly incubated 



eggs. The nest was on a hillside within a few feet of a 



path, lander the spreading branches of a solitary pine deeply 

 sunlc in the ground among the stems of some low blueberry 

 bushes. It was about two yards from the trunk of the pine. 

 The female came runuing out of the bushes as v/e brushed past 

 and tumbled about, as if badly wounded, in the middle of the 

 path. The pine stands in an opening with no other tree very 

 near it. 



June 7. Spent the forenoon photographing birds' nests exposing 



plates on """>'" the Creeper's under the white pine. The 

 Creeper sat perfectly motionless and we left her on the nest 

 without having once disturbed her. 



June 12. Visiting the Creeper's nest this morning I found that 



the eggs had not only hatched but that the young were already 

 , quite large and covered with dart-colored pin feathers. The 

 female was absent. 



Peterborough, New Haiapshlre. 

 1S9S. 



July 5 to Aug.lG. Common. Young on wing July 7th. 



