1871. 
Junco hiomalis 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
June 
1872. 
Juno 8. 
1876. 
May 3'". 
Juno 13. 
A nost containing four fresh eggs, v;as built under 
the side of a fallen log in a pasture. 
Nest v/ith young about a W 03 k old. 
Near the bog on the Tyler road I cariio suddenly upon 
a female Sno?/-bird at work nest .bpilding. She bustled 
about among tlie loaves collecting large mouthfuls and 
arranging them in a hollov/ among some small firs. In 
no instance did she go over ton feet avray from the spot 
in her search for these materials. 
A nest by the roadside in Grafton was built in the 
edge of a bank in a hole that extended in and dowrmard 
at least five inches. The bird sat closely but disap¬ 
peared after being started off. 
1879, 
June 10. 
. 2 . 
13. 
14. 
' 20 . 
1880. 
A nost, beautifully concealed in the bank of an 
upturned tree, contained five large young. 
Set of four eggs incubated about four days; nest 
sunk in the closely-cropped turf of a sheep pasture 
sheltered and perfectly concealed by small dead fir’ 
branch which some one had dropped there. I Stopped 
vathin about four feet of this nest v/hen the female rose 
flying to a neighboring fir, v/’here she remained, utter¬ 
ing occasionally her characteristic chuck . The male 
did not appear. 
Most in root bank beautifully concealed by a hang¬ 
ing cuttain of earthy roots; contents: five young 
about a week old. 
Set G-4. Incubated about eight days. Mest on ■ 
roadside in bank where a large rock had been taken out. 
Young on wing. 
May 22. 
24 . 
Set D-3. Incubated about four days—nest on ground 
in hilly pasture. 
Set E-4. Incubated about four days—on ground in 
hilly pasture. 
Three sets, four eggs each; one fresh, the other 
two incubated several days. The nests all in root banks 
pl^iced almost exactly like those of Siurus naevius 
The lemales vmre all sitting; two of them skulked av/ay 
when I was eight ,or ten yards away from their r>ests and 
then came hopping about on the ground making a show of 
