Dendroica blackburniae 
Lake Umbagog, New England. 
Nest /4 (2865), June 2, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female 
watched to nest and started from nest. Eggs perfectly fresh. 
Mason knoll, Pine Pt. Ht.35 ft.lateral branch slender young blk. 
touching- 
spruce, 5 ft.fr.stem, 10 fr.top, bottom scarce A branch; hidden above 
& sides by spruce br., easily seen below. No moss in nest. On 
shaking tree female left nest. Male sang 30 - 50 yds.off. Eggs 
dull white; greenish, blown. 
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Nest /4 (2874), June 6, 1896, coll .Hn. Brewster. Female 
started from nest and seen to return to it. Seen within 15 feet & 
positively identified. Eggs fresh. Mason knoll, Pine Pt.(Pho.in 
sijtu). Nest on horizon, br.young blk.spruce, 20 ft. fr. ground, 
15 fr.top, 10 fr.stem, near br.tip. In hollow shade hemlocks,etc. 
Female sat very closely till branch shaken when she fell at my 
feet, spread tail, quivering wings like Ground Warbler with young. 
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Nest /4 (3058), June 17, 1897, coll.Clarence K.Watrous. 
"Female seen on nest and both birds seen flying about." The male 
singing near on the I4th. Eggs fresh. On Pine -Point in Red 
Spruce near the extremity of a lateral branch 8 ft. fr. trunk, 
20 ft. fr. top of tree & 20 ft. above the ground. I saw and pho¬ 
tographed this nest in situ June 14 when it .held two eggs. W.B. 
