Auk XII Oct. , 1895, ip '3S7-»- 
Nesting of the Red-Dreas'ted Merganser on Saddleback Ledge, Maine. 
On June 21, 1894, I made a visit to Saddleback Ledge, a small, grassy 
island situated about six miles from Isle au Ilaut, for the purpose of col- 
lecting a few sets of eggs of the Common Tern. While walking around 
the island, I flushed a female Red-breasted Merganser ( Merganser serrator) 
from her nest, which contained ten eggs, and was composed of a quantity 
■of dry grass very warmly lined with down and feathers. It was situated 
•on the ground under a clump of umbelliferous plants (. Heracleum lana- 
tum Michx.), which grow very commonly on the islands of Penobscot Bay. 
The eggs are of a peculiar drab color and measure 2.65 X 1.76, 2.66 X 1.72, 
2.49 X 1.70, 2.60 X 1.76, 2.50 X 1.76, 2.60 X 1.77, 2.54 X 1.74, 2.60 X x.8o, 
2.68 X 1.75, and 2.60 X 1.76. — Ora W. Knight, Bangor , Maine. 
