Philohela minor . 
Lake Ur 
1895. 
May 14, 
abagog, Maine. Nest and eggs. 
Watrous and I spent the better part of the forenoon in 
. the woods and thickets at the east end of the Brown clearing. 
Our especial object was to find the Woodcock's nest which I 
was lucky enough to stumble on after about an hour's search. 
It was near the lower end of the run about midway between the 
cart path and the road on a low mound covered with blueberry 
bushes and dead brakes, surrounded by scattered willows, 
spruces and balsams but in an opening fully exposed to the 
sun. I had stopped for a moment to look around when the bird 
rose within about 3 ft. of me and I at once saw the nest and 
eggs. The latter were quite fresh but two of them had cracks 
radiating from a common centre and making us think at first 
that the eggs were about to hatch. I took five photographs 
of this nest. 
