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Hay 14. 
« 25, 
27, 
21 , 
(May 20) 
29. 
Certhia f amiliaris aiaericana. 
Lake Um'bagog, Maine, 
Wat died ono building in a strip of bark on maple. 
ancl during 
nests 
tho day found two other now but unfinished 
Sot P-6. — Fresh—fir—height twelve Feet. Troo 
St Util n allow 1 ater oi ® j ore* uycU. 
Sot Q-C, —Pr os —fir—height f.ivo foot, 
Sot R-6. — Ash st b stam ; r} height 
five 'oot; is ■ tadv. a few days; 1 t- sittihj . 
When r pried off '.ho berk she cl in bed up above the nest 
and clung tkero, evidently uch frightened, t 
^ ^ WH 
/ On tho 14t i we mil< ing va— 
tori ...Is behind a scale of bark. We appro c ..od rather too 
near when she dropped her load and eyed us suspiciously.. 
To-day wo found that nothing had n to this -st 
since our for: -or visit; wo examined it carefully how¬ 
ever, and its position merits description; The tree was 
a large rod maple standing in the water and perfectly 
dead. Tho b rk had simply crae od or. . long narrow slit 
and hold fast both top and bottom. The space within was 
very narrow I have never soon a Croeper^s nest before ona 
a maple; nor have I soon one in a bark-scale which 
wa* 
not separated from the trunk below. 
Sot S-3. Fresh, Fir stub standing on tho edge of 
the oocls in'the water; height five feet; nest behind 
an enormous scale of bark. The female not sitting but 
as ro wore taking hor nest she came with her bill fair¬ 
ly vrammed with fine bark, which she was evidently about 
to ',/ork into fcho most. Tho latter, however, v/as unusu¬ 
ally do op, and elaborate. 
Set T-o. Fresh. Hemlock 
height eight foot. Thi 
standing or, tho Lake s'! 
nest contained, two eggs May <16, 
S, ^ , wo, ^ £o»-frs- K 
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