Seiurus noveboracensis. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog), 
, 188 , 0 . 
.June 
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Sot 1—4. Incubated four days; 
shore; feralo sat closely. 
root bank near lake 
3 . 
8 , 
0 , 
Set K—5, 
sat closely. 
Set T-4. 
preceding nest. 
'dge; female 
Root bank just outside wood 
Fresh. Root-bank within fifty yards of 
This nest is probably a second one by 
the same birds whose nest was broken op by Crows or Jays 
last week (so© May 28). The eggs correspond so exact¬ 
ly with those of Sot, B—4 taken v/ithin fifty yards of the 
same spot in 1879, that ■ I think they must have been laid 
by the same bird, C.. t v ' 
Sot M-4. Incubated four days. Bank of Swift 
Cambridge whor© th© water had worn away the earth, leayiig 
uho bank a little overarching; rrst throe feet above 
tho^water; found May 22, 'when the female was at work 
lining th© cavity which she had excavated. 
Sot N-4, Incubated five days. Root bank at the 
very hot-tom; female sitting; she came off only when'my 
fa© guides face was within a few inches of her. 
Set 0-4. incubated seven days—root bank—ovcrarch- 
od and nicely conceal.od by a projecting flake of earth. 
Tho female sat closely and after being flushed returned 
and repeatedly triad to outer the nest while wo wore 
standing within a few foot of it. The malo also appear¬ 
ed, tilting and chirping incessantly. C*v« (hwa~,v<„^A 
Sot P—3, prosh—root bank, well concealed under 
overhanging shelfj rentalo sat closely and made a great 
fuss. This set is the second laying by the parents of 
K-b. i ho two nests ware in adjoining root—banks not 
twenty foot apart. 
