Zonntrichia albioollis 
Maine (Lalce Umbagog). 
1879 . 
Juno 1 2, 
(Juno 18 } 
1080 .* 
June 5, 
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Set of ’our perfectly fresh eggs. host in top of 
[mound by s Uio of Pension* s Brook ; beautifully overar¬ 
ched at-.d concealed by for ns, wild raspberries, and other 
trailing vinos.. Foraaio sit tin;.. I stopped cithlh lose 
than two to >t of t ,o n >st before she started, when she 
|fluttered up into .. bush h v, a few yards and there 
'[remained, utter imp occur. tonally a sham c.Mw wk- 8 rr-rr- 
hrought up the male. This'female was one of the finest 
plumagecl ones that I have seen; in fact I could distin¬ 
guish no difference bwtweon her and the male. 
Set 0-4. IneubaV’d about sever days. b -st on 
ground in Juki of Yew, but not overarched or concealed in 
any way. The female was young: bird with ashy throat 
and ge-mruj ly plain plumage. She a nr. very closely and 
after being started chirp ?d a; miouc-Jy, 
Set IV U Incubated about sever, days ; nest among 
dry ferns under a small brush-heap by the roadside; 
form ,lo sitting; she flow from the nast when Isteppod 
on the. edge or t ■ brush-pile, and at oaco begum to utter 
her motellic chink, which palled up the male- who'had boon 
, . far r er away, ..a - L ‘ , ““‘ u4 - 
Set Incubated four days. Most deep, well 
u -nU in the 'ground, concealed under a small clotatchod 
dead 1 imlf 'lying' on tho ground in an, opening among' firs. 
The fe? i.ele ’ s:v; closely. X flushed her by brushing 
against the branch. Returning later she was again on 
the nest; sho permitted me to get within two feet, of he 
her , vrhon C not .1 rod her body was not. palpitating as is 
usual in such cases. When started off she plunged fch- 
trs •*» /?ey ev 'V s 
So••. P-h, Xmcuhatod eight days—nest sunk racing 
moss oil op off . < . ; log, concealed under a 
, i,.„ ,u„«.«. ^ V-m ,c..v-.. ;5 
. .inest mi- ,w-. placed in thO sid^ of n mossy 
bank in no v/sy <-v >r -re od or eo*. coaled save by tho clus¬ 
ter ihg dwarf, Cornell that surrounded it. Tho 'bank v/ri,® 
fairly snowy with its blossoms which formed a beautiful 
sotting for tho pretty nest* 
Young on wing. 
One singing this evening; . 
Th - most r-um'vrous Sparrow up to about tho 10 th. 
Several uom : Ocb-i) >r hi. 
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