Eilsteru Maine Notes. 
For The Natnrn/isl. 
On the inoriiiiii'' ut the Kitli nt last 
June, my brother, another youni; m.Di 
and iHj'self went on a collecting;' tii|) lo 
Patten's Pond, a good sized pond about 
nine miles from here. After arrivi ..i;'. 
the flrst thing of consequence was tlic 
observance of a Yellow-bellied Wooil- 
pecker, thetlrst we ever saw in this vi- 
cinity, and know of no local collector 
tliat ever saw one about here. In a 
inarsli near the pond we found a Flick- 
er's nest, and two Red and buff Shoulder- 
ed Black hi rd"> nesls. One of Ihe Black- 
liiril's nests contained three fresh eggs; 
1 he iithei-, rive full-tledged yoiuig birds. 
I'iiis tact. tDgflhi'i- w iili infiirniatic n de- 
ri\.'dfriiin |ia-t experience, caused me 
to belive Ihuy iiatcli two broods in a 
season. 
We next found a Spotletl Sandpiper s 
nest, or hollow, containing torn- sliglitly 
incubated eggs ; ami on a small island, 
si.'^ (Joniinoii Tern's eggs. 
^Vfter e.iting unr (Jinner. we passed (in 
about two miles to another pond called 
Toddy Pond, where, at the first island 
on which we landetl we to mid a T.,oon's 
nest, containing two handsome; eggs, 
partially incubated. We were more than 
joyful over this unexpected find, a com- 
plete set of Tjoon's eggs being a rare 
thing amoii,.;- collectors here. After visit- 
ing a mimlier of otlier islands but with- 
out success we returned liome.mori^ than 
satisfied with tlie trip. 
I have a cpiestion 1 would like to ask: 
Did you. or any of the NATUii.\LiS'r's 
readers ever find an Am. Goldttnch's egg 
with a dark blue bar around the middled 
I fomul a set of six eggs, an unusuaHy 
large number, and one was enciicled by 
a dark blue stripe nearly an eighth of an 
inch wide. J. A. S., Bncksixirt, Me. 
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