Clangula clangula americana. 
A 
Lake Umbagog, New England. 
Nest /lO (2868), June 3, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. 
ferential & by down. No bird. Nest deserted evidently. 
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in inc. Outlet. Pound June I, by W. visited several times, no 
bird seen, eggs always cold? embryos dead & soft . Nest in large, 
old red maple stub standing in water about 40 yds.fr.(S.W.of) en¬ 
trance (in outlet of) to Leonard's P. Nest, in crevice 15 ft.above 
water. Two phot os .-of stub taken. 
Nest /b (2876), June 6, 1898, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female 
twice started from nest. Near hatching. In maple stub over water 
about 100 yds s.w.from the river entrance to Leonard's Pond and 
within 30 yds of nest #2868 (cf. Journal for further details). 
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Nest /l9 (3018), May 15, 1897, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female 
started from nest and well seen. Eggs all perfectly fresh. In 
old but still living yellow birch standing at water's edge at 
mouth of Peaslee's Brook. Entrance hole a slit 2 ft.high by I .ft. 
wide, 20 ft.above water, n.side of tree. Eggs heaped on one anoth¬ 
er & bedded in down. Only one pair of birds seen near nest. 
( Cf. Journal). 
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Twelve eggs (3019), May 24, 1897, coll.Wm.Brewster. Fe¬ 
male started from nest & well seen. Eggs in every stage from fresh 
to 6 to 10 days inc. In maple stub at Tidwell's Point, 15 or 20 
ft.from shore. Entrance hole on e.side, small, narrow with ragged 
edges, 20 ft.above water. Nest 2 ft.below entrance. Female sat 
closely not moving when we rapped on trunk. Tufts of down clung 
to trunk near hole. Ducks of different kinds said to have nested 
in this tree for 15 years or more. 
