Seiurus no veb or ac. on si s . 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
1879. 
June Ifh 
• la. 
They rarely sing now except In .early morning. 
Took a young bird in first pltmag* spmr'miJy 
the nmt. • 
Uly VA * y<jt Mumbers in ^11'^ngT. Alya Coolodgo heard 
isijo. ’ !i ■ 
Hay 10 ‘ and aLSS 0 L S M Cl 8 2 ’ ^ Sosrtn 8 »•*>*> tt» *><„* 
sna aiagiog as th®y descend, - -v 
; ™ _ . 
A iamaie^at work on her nest under the pro looting 
ar^ngirtf a t? ride ? RiV9T ' Tho cavity in which she was 
J angiag the outer rin of her nest had evidently boon 
recently excavated; she gathered her r,ater.ials1roi L 
mXt>r 0 * !i attention to our near presence. 
24, 
**°i <*» wi-th tw, the other with throe 0 ggs. 
(May 31) Sot H—3. Fresh. Root bank on shelf protected by 
the overhanging earth above; female absent; male sing¬ 
ing near by. l^jV'Wvv- 
Set F~f>« Fresh—root bank, eighteen inches above 
base; female sitting; she dropped to the ground and 
rail quietly off, nor did she return* This nest found 
?lay 24 when it had two eggs. ck'£'V VvC ) ^-v rirM, ^Tv-O • 
Set Cr-4. Incubation about two days; nest in. root- 
bank near the top; entrance so narrowed by the overarch¬ 
ing earth that the bird had difficulty in squaring out; 
she dropped to the ground when I approached and stole off 
along tho dround like a mouse, afterwards returning and 
chirping faintly; position of nest five feet above the 
base of bank, and directly over a Winter* Wren*s nest, 
newly finished bpt empty, thrh*- ; 1.__ 
Two sets, five each, all incubated five or six days. 
