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UPTON, MAINE 
early morning and just at sunset. So shy and retiring were 
they that we did not take a single specimen, and on only one 
occasion did I succeed in so much as catching a sight at one. 
(Pound a pair of T.aedon breeding in a hole in a hole in a 
birch stump in the woods at Bethel.) 
’--erthla Americana . Quite frequent in pairs, and probably 
breeding. Heard the males sing as in Massachusetts on several 
occasions, 
59. Sltta Canadensis . Rather common though very silent and re¬ 
tiring. (S.Carol, as far up as Barth 
60 * ? ar ' us atrlcapillus . Common though extremely quite and in¬ 
conspicuous: found two nests in birch stumps one June with 
five and the other June 9th with four fresh eggs. 
61. Capodacus purpureus , Much to our surprise found them 
everywhere very common in the depths of the woods where the 
males usually sang from the top of some tall spruce. 
62. Chrysomitris tristis . Common. 
63* Chrysomitris pinus . Common. 
64. Curvicostra Americana . Saw a small flock June 4th and a 
single bird June 5th. 
65 * Passerculus savanna . Pound it abundant in the mowing fields 
and grassy meadows all the way up from Bethel, and sparingly 
on the hilly stump-filled pastures at Upton. 
66. Poocaetes gramineus . Prequent in the high open pastures. 
67 • z _ on * albicollis . Common and one of the most beautiful 
songsters of the region: we heard its exquisite melody frequent¬ 
ly as late as 10 o’clock P.M. Pound in all three nests, built 
