MAINE, (L. Umbagog) [Umbagog Lake, Maine] Nest of Dend. caerulescens [Dendroica caerulescens] (?) Song of Chry. pinus [Chrysomitris pinus] Curviros. Am [Curvirostra americana]
1876. [Nest of Dendroica maculosa]
Monday
June 19 [June 19, 1876] Cloudy all day with heavy showers in P.M.
Bailey, Stone & Harrington went up the lake on
the boat as the captain gave a free excursion
to all who chose to go. I started out alone after
breakfast taking the Stone path. Visited first
a nest of D. maculosa [Dendroica maculosa] which contained two
eggs three day ago and found found the [female] sitting,
although the number had not been increased.
Found after a most laborious search two
more nests, one of D. maculosa [Dendroica maculosa] with 1 egg.
One of T. swainsoni [Turdus swainsoni] with 4 eggs. I hunted
long and hard for the nest of Dend. caerulescens [Dendroica caerulescens]
in a clearing where two males are constantly 
singing. Finally among the most impenetrable
log heaps on the edge of the woods I found
a last years nest most cunningly placed
among gray Spanish moss and supported by
the twigs of a fallen & now dead spruce top,
at the height of perhaps 8 ft. This nest
was evidently a Dendroica's and I am
very sure that it was originally the
handiwork of Dend. caerulescens [Dendroica caerulescens]. One egg partly
broken remained within. Chrysomitris pinus
is daily becoming more abundant. They
are now exclusively in pairs and I heard
the [male] sing repeatedly this morning. The
song is strikingly like that of C. tristis [Chrysomitris tristis]
but perfectly distinguishable and decidedly
inferior. Heard Curvirostra Am. [Curvirostra americana] flying this
morning. The mosquitos were almost
unendurable in the woods and rank
weeds & raspberry bushes are increasing so
that nest finding is becoming daily more
difficult. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] returned from Magalloway
this evening. He found birds less plenty there
than here. My. crinitus [Myiarchus crinitus] was rather common there.