Hy 1 oc i clila guttata pallasii . 
Lake Umbagog, New England. 
Nest /4 (2835), May 16, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Bird 
seen on nest. Incubation several.days. Brown Farm (near Lakeside), 
found 
Watrous, May 13, in low mossy mound, near small willow in old pas- 
ture grown up to thickets. Female sat close till we came within 
5 or 6 feet, clucked as flew off. Once male came and 'whined. Did 
not hear him singing, tho' we often passed. 
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Nest /4 (2836), May 18, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Bird 
seen on nest. Eggs slightly incubated. Sargent Farm (near Lake¬ 
side). 3 photos.taken May 17, 2 of sitting bird. Substituted 4 
S.Sparrows eggs May 18. Bird sitting 5 hrs.later. Nest on ground, 
among poplar sprouts 15-18 ft.tall, and 12 ft. from edge of open. 
Female sat close. (3 photos, made at 12 ft.). Male singing 150 
yds.off on May 18 . 
Nest /4 (2839), May 19, 1896, coll. C.H.Watrous. Bird 
flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Geo.Abbott farm, Upton. Bird 
flushed at 12 ft., disappeared in silence. Nest on ground in pas¬ 
ture near woods,among spruces about I ft.high, four of them grow¬ 
ing close around nest. 
Nest /4 (3028), May 30, 1897, coll.C.H.Watrous. Female 
on nest and well seen. Eggs all about l/3 inc. Placed between a 
little spruce (4 ft.high) and a balsam (7 ft.high) about 12 in. a- 
bove the ground and supported between the two tree stems which were 
about the width of the nest apart, the edges being attached to both. 
It was well concealed by the evergreen foliage. Locality a pasture 
(above Peaslee spring, Upton) growing up to young balsams & spruces. 
