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1871 
UPTON, MAINE 
75. Quiscalus versicolor . Common on the lake especially among 
the stubs. Nearly as shy as in Massachusetts. Found two nests 
on June 3rd contained four eggs well advanced and the other 
(June 7) contained a like number in a similar condition. The 
first was built in a hole in an old ’’stub" with an entrance 
barely large enough to admit the bird, and was composed of dry 
grass, coarse weed stalks ect.wi thout mud; the other composed 
of the ordinary materials was placed in the fork of a small 
beech growing over the water. 
76. Corv us Americanus . Quite common everywhere. 
77. Cyanura cristata . Common; saw one May 30 take an egg from 
the nest of a Robin and make off with it; fiercely pursued by 
the parent bird. 
78. Ectopistes miyratoria . Common: saw them nearly every day 
sometimes in pairs, but frequently in flocks of twenty or more. 
79. Bona sa umbellus . Heard the drumming of the male, but did 
not see a single specimen. 
80. Ardea herodias. Common on the lake. 
81. Botsu ms lentigino sus. Found three nests on a small float¬ 
ing island in the lake, June 3rd, containing respectively, six, 
three and five eggs all quite fresh. The nests were rude struc¬ 
ture of sticks placed on the quaking, boggy ground amid a 
growth of low bushes and were all within a few rods of one an¬ 
other. The females were all sitting and did not rise till 
nearly stepped on. We found only one male on the island, v/here 
he might be heard singing at all times of the day, and even 
