Seiurus noveboracensis . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1896. ether-aest-and nest was in the open, vertical face of a small 
May 30. and. very old root bank which -was densely covered with mosses 
(No.2 ). and various small plants and grasses. The entrance to the 
nest was a sort of slit, narrow vertically but wide horizon¬ 
tally. The bird when startled merely dropped to the ground 
and ran quickly off under some fallen brush and then flying 
up to a low branch or root tilted and ’watched me in silence 
and apparently Without apprehension. She did not once chirp 
and during the hour or more that I ’was busy with her nest her 
mate sang in blissful ignorance of his partner's danger fifty 
or one hundred yards away. If I stood quietly for a minute 
or two the female would alight at the base of the bank and 
running quickly up its slightly sloping face would peep in for 
a moment and then entering settle down to her task first ar¬ 
ranging the eggs beneath her by moving them with her legs or 
feet swaying her body.from side to side the while. She did 
not seem to mind or even notice my camera when it was set up 
within a yard of her. A sensible, placid little creature very 
unlike the other above described. 
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