Quiscalus cj_. aeneus. 
Lake TJmbagog, Maine. 
1897. We found five or six Crow Blackbirds' nests (about the 
May 28. Outlet}, all in hollow stubs over the the water. Most of 
them were empty and apparently not quite finished but two held 
sets of five eggs each, one set being fresh, the slightly, in- 
cubated. One of these nests was as bulky and elaborately 
constructed as are most of the nests which are placed on the 
branches of trees, the other was a thin shell of mud scantily 
lined with dry grass. In the case of the former the hollow 
of the tree was large and roomy, in that of the latter the. 
nest, slight as it was, fitted it closely all around. 
June 6. Jim and I spent the entire morning in photographing a 
Bronzed Crackle which had a nest (with a set of four remarka¬ 
bly beautiful eggs} in a small, isolated, hollow stub on the 
north side of the Androscoggin not far from the mouth of the 
Megalloway. The female was sitting hard (the eggs had been 
incubated four or five days ) and after she had become accus¬ 
tomed to the boat she would usually return to the nest in a 
few minutes after the camera was adjusted. But to get it 
firmly fixed in the right position was a matter requiring much 
time and patience for the water was at least eight feet deep 
and the bottom so hard that it was almost impossible to make 
the long poles, which we had lashed to the tripod legs, take 
a firm hold. We succeeded in the end, however, and the pic- 
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