1880. 
“ 29. 
Juno 
(Juno 2} 
3 . 
“ 4 . 
7 
Certhia fainiliaris americana. 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
stub 07or vator; 
Sot 1-5. Nearly hatched; ash 
height fivo foot. Tho character of this nost was unusu 
al. Tho bark scale was so small and so closely attached 
to tho troo that It soomod impose tblo that tho re could 
be space loft within for tho nost. Wo discovered it by 
sooin fo ilo alight on tho trunk and diss tear bo— 
hind tho bark. I tapped on it star >ly but she rofuso'd 
t cor 10 out; lookin' in ■ could see her closely squatt¬ 
ed on tho nost, hor little for uihiit ting visibly vrith 
ar. Upon paddling off a little way she came out. /2i V y 
t* - ■ aar! hatched ’ir; hoight eight j ot; 
female sitting. Sho flow from the nost when I rapped on 
tho bark but beyond an occasional creep i owed no soli«* 
citudo. Tho bottom of this nest, hung; down bole'"' tho 
lowor-part of tbm hark so that wo saw it from some dis¬ 
tance * Anothor about f •. f, ty y rds off contained newly 
hatched young 
Sot It—5. — Fresh. Ash stub over eater; seven 
foot; found hay 2t. vrhon only a few shreds of r atonal 
had boon placed within tho bar - -scale. £***- v —*- 
Visiting tho nost found Nay 21 and prying; open tho 
bark tho young, four in number, started simultaneously 
and flew out. One falling in. the Take as seized and 
instantly swallowed by a huge bull-frog; the others 
when h 'Id against tho trunk of a troo instantly crept 
upwards using tho short tail precisely in the manner of 
the old bird. ,, 
S 
Sot h-G. Incubated sovon days, 
tho bark-scale standing out from tho 
tho nost visible sovoral rods away; 
sho flow from tho nost just before I 
mediately disappeared in tho woods; 
ing near. 
Fir—ton foot; 
troo at a wide angli 
fo;ialo sitting; 
reached it and im— 
tho male was sing— 
■. h.r on hi o o : t; ho ight fkjet; 
Incubation four days. Nost found "ay 27 when it contain¬ 
ed one egg. i'VvlW-X" . 
bet 0-4. — 'ir—hive feet—water’s edge outside 
wo ds— frenh; nest 1 un< y 27 who nly - tww » rods 
of trio foundation had boon laid. 
