Q.uiscalus quiscula aeneus . 
Lake Umbagog, New England. 
Nest /4 (3040), June 5, 1897, coll .Win.Brewster. Female 
started from nest and well seen. Incubated a few days. In top ox 
short, hollow stub 2 ft. above water. Photographed in situ (4x5 
negative,^007, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612). 
Nest /4 (3.041), June 6, 1897, coll ."to.Brewster. Female 
started from nest and well seen. Eggs fresh. In hollow stub 5 
% 
ft. above water. Cf.4x5 negative, 613. 
Nest /4 (3042), June 6, 1897, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female 
started from nest and well seen. Eggs fresh. Under scale of bark 
(a la Certhia ) 2 ft.above water. Cf.4x5 negative, 614. 
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Nest /3 (3043), June S, 1897, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female 
started from nest and well seen. Eggs slightly incubated. In 
hollow stub 2 ft. above water. 
Note applying to the above four sets. 
In stub forest on flooded meadows a little below Leo¬ 
nard's Pond and about opposite Moll's Carry between the Megal 1 oway 
and Androscoggin Rivers near their confluence. Water over these 
meadows from 2 to 6 feet deep at this date. Cf. Journal. 
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