Dendroica castanea . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
Nests. 
1897. 
"Xl7e next crossed to the northern end of Great Island land- 
June 14. ing first on the western side of the cove to visit a Warbler's 
nest found on the 11th in a big hemlock fully 60 feet high. 
Watrous reached it with some difficulty when it proved to be 
an old nest apparently of D.castaneal We have had many such 
disappointments of late. 
A similar-looking nest, found by Watrous on the 11th in 
a large red spruce 200 yards or more back from the water on 
the opposite side of the cove, was next visited. It turned 
out to be a Bay-breast's containing a fine set of 5 fresh 
eggs. The nest was fully 50 feet above the ground near the 
end of a stout, drooping branch about 15 feet from the main 
trunk. Watrous reached this nest by climbing a tall, slender 
maple which, by the aid of a rope, Jim and Gilbert drew over 
and held within arm's reach of the nest. The nest was almost 
perfectly concealed from view from every direction by the den¬ 
sity of the surrounding spruce foliage. The female sat very 
closely, refusing to leave her eggs until Watrous parted the 
twigs directly over her head with his hand. She then shot 
down on a very steep incline and alighted in a small spruce 
where I had a perfectly satisfactory view of her at close 
range. During the descent from the nest she vibrated her 
wings in a peculiar manner and for nearly half a minute after 
reaching her perch she kept quivering them much as a.young 
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