Egg of Coc. Am. [Coccyzus americanus] in nest of C.
erythrophthalmus [Coccyzus erythrophthalmus]. Nest of Pyranga rubra
1875. MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
June 14 [June 14, 1875] allowed me to part the leaves within
two inches of the nest before she started
off. The male was singing pe-woit
some 20 yds. off. When the [female] fairly
realized that her domicile was discovered
she commenced an angry chatter in
very much the same key as Trog. aedon [Troglodytes aedon]
but the male kept on singing uncon-
cernedly and did not put in his
appearance with his mate. Continuing
on found a nest of Coc. erythrophthalmus [Coccyzus erythrophthalmus]
with two eggs of that bird & one of 
C. Americanus [Coccyzus americanus]. All three eggs were fresh
and each was pierced by a small hole
in the side but the contents still
intact. The identity of the nest was
established beyond for it by numerous
tail and wing feathers of the parent
lying in and about it. Evidently
the sitting bird had been seized and
devoured on the spot by some rapacious
bird, probably an owl, and the eggs
left without a protector, were pierced by
a jay or other bird. Next visited the 
Pyranga's nest found on the 5th inst. [June 5, 1875]
and found the [female] sitting on 4 eggs.
She allowed me to climb nearly to the
nest before starting off when she down [dove]
almost perpendicularly to the ground
and made off with drooping wings &
spread tail. Soon she appeared with
her mate and both set up an angry
chip churr which they continued so
long as I remained in the vicinity.
Charles took me up at 1 and I reached