Junco hyemalis . 
Lake Umbagog, New England. 
Nest / 4 (2346), Hay 21, 1896, coll.C.H.Watrous. Bird 
flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Thurston farm, Errol. Pound May 
20, set complete. Nest in spruce pasture in opening at foot of 
and concealed by little spruce sapling a foot or two high. 
Nest /4 (2867), June 3, 1396, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female 
seen on nest. Eggs small embryos. Pine Pt. (Pho.taken). Nest 
foot of little sx>ruce in deep moss covering vertical face boulder 
in dense spruce, etc. woods. Position iden. with that of sylvania 
canadensis nests, but 2 entrance holes, one on each side spruce 
whose branches hid them. Female near nest pretended indifference. 
Nest / / 3 (1107), June I, 1881, coll .A. Coolidge. No notes 
on position of nest. 
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Nest /4 (1108), June 2, 1881, coll.A.Coolidge. No notes 
on position of nest. 
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Neso /b (III3), June 24, 1881, coll.A.Coolidge. "On 
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ground in pasture". 
