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Lincoln, 
1897. 
June 20. 
Maine . 
''The Wilson's Warbler nest was found jjxt Lincoln, Maine^J 
June 20^ 1397 on some dry bushy ground about 100 yds. from the 
R.R. track. The nest v^as placed on, the ground in a bunch of 
dead ferns on the side of a small Knoll. I saw the birds go 
to the nest and upon parting some weeds and ferns that partly 
concealed the nest 4 young birds flew off through the bashes, 
the parents all the time fluttering about very close to me. 
At first they were very much excited and would flutter by just 
in front of me, but after a while they stood further off and 
fluttered their wings, every time I looked at them, all the 
time uttering a short sharp note different from that of other 
Warblers. Upon retiring a short distance they at once set a- 
botct feeding them, the female bringing twice as much as the 
male who had to stop and sing every little while." 
Prom letter from W.J. Clayton, Aug. 24, 1897, Lincoln, Me. 
