Clangula clangula americana. 
Lake Umbagog, New England. 
Nest /a (3023), May 26, 1897, coll.C.H.Watrous. Female 
started from nest and well seen. Eggs heavily inc. In maple stub 
near mouth of Megalloway. Entrance hole a narrow crack 4 or 5 ft. 
long and opening quite down to nest which was 10 ft.above water. 
A large bunch of down clung to top of hole outside. Female sat 
closely but started finally after repeated pounding by W.at base 
of stub. Eggs not covered but abundance of down under and around 
them.I did not see this nest. 
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Nest /9 (3024), May 26, 1897, coll.C.H.Watrous. Female 
started from^and well seen. Eggs all about half inc. Sweat meadow 
in tall slender stub. Entrance hole nearly round, of good size, 
25 ft.above water. Nest 8 ft.below entrance. W.hammered long and 
hard at base of stub but bird did not show until W. was rowing off. 
Down exceptionally abundant & all but four eggs were quite covered 
with it. I did not see this nest in situ . 
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Nest /2-f 6 (3025), May 26, 1897, coll.C.H.Watrous. Fe¬ 
male Whistler started from nest and well seen. I egg of Whistler 
on point of hatching. All the other eggs about 2/3 inc. In tall 
ash stub 40 ft.above water. Two entrances, one in side of main 
trunk, the other in end of short lateral prong, both small & round¬ 
ed. Sitting bird flew out before W.reached the tree. She kept 
circling about & once alighted in the water near the tree. W.is 
positive she was a Whistler, but six of the eggs are unquestionably 
those of a Hooded Merganser. I was not with W.when he found and 
took this set. 11 
