Quiscalus quiscula aeneus. 
Lake Umbagog, New England. 
Pour eggs (2833), May 14, 1896, coll.Vta.Brewster. Birds 
seen near nest. Eggs fresh. Small island near Lake House. West 
not taken. In balsam sapling 10 ft. tall, near top. Two others, 
one old, one seeming new in same tree; other new one only a foot 
below this. Locality, small island. West wholly dry grass and 
very like that of set 2/4 
West / 4 (2834), May 14, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Birds 
seen near nest. Incubation several days. Small island near Lake 
House. West in young balsam on same island as l/4 about 15 ft. a- 
bove ground. West preserved. 
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West /5 (3026), May 28, 1897, coll.Vto.Brewster. Both 
parents seen at nest, very tame. In large hollow in top of short 
maple stub, 5 ft. above water. Hollow a foot or more in diameter 
and descending nearly vertically. West a foot below entrance. 
Stub forest between Megalloway and Androscoggin Rivers near their 
confluence and about opposite Moll's Carry. 
Five eggs (3027), May 28, 1897, coll .Wm. Brewster. Birds 
seen about nest. In top of hollow stub about 4 ft. above the wat¬ 
er. Stub forest between Megalloway and Androscoggin Rivers near 
their confluence and about opposite Moll's Carry. Cf. 4x5 negative 
* 505. 
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