Jlangula o. amerioana . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. Small set of eggs. 
1896. When we reached the grove of stubs near Leonard's Pond 
June 5. we turned into them and went to the Golden-eye's nest which I 
found this morning. 7/atrous climbed to the top of the stub 
(which, is only about 12 ft. high) and looking in saw eggs a- 
bout 5 ft. down. He then cut a hole just above them which I 
which 
cou&d easily reach and through A I examined the nest carefully. 
they 
There were only five eggs and although did not more than half 
fill the available space they were,like those of the set of 
ten crowded together tightly each egg standing on end and 
firmly fixed in the rotten wood at the bottom of the oavity. 
There was but little down but this was carefully disposed a- 
bout the eggs so that it covered most o£ them. Supposing the 
set to be incomplete we took only one egg (substituting for i 
the rotten egg found in Sweat's Meadow) but on blowing it we 
found it far advanced in incubation - as the other four eggs 
proved to be when taken next day. I had no idea that the 
Golden-eye ever contented itself with so small set of eggs. 
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