1880. 
'Junco hiemalis. 
(May 24) 
" 28. 
June 15. 
I 
i 
" 19. 
1882. r 
Oct .8-22; 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
of feeding unconcernedly. The female of the third 
nest, the eggs of vdiich v/ore considerably further ad¬ 
vanced than the dthers, sat more closely, permitting 
me to approach v/ithin a yard. She looked very pretty 
in her snug retreat v;ith her neat drab plumage and 
fleshy—pink bill; v^’hen she stainted she began tumbling 
about on the ground as if wounded. 
Sot J-5. Incubated about four days. Side of 
earthy root-bank. 
Set L-4. Fresh—root-bank against face of sn^all 
rock that was hung among roots. Height five feet; fe¬ 
male sat closely. After blowing the ground-tint 
becomes pale green. 
Set M-3. Incubated about tvro days—side of mound 
in thicket under largo yellow birch. Female sitting; 
she skulked quietly avmy but aftervmrds came up to have 
a look at me, chirping. 
Common during our stay. Their numbers perceptibly 
increased as the month v/ore on and by the 21st they were 
exceedingly abundant. In a drive to Andover taken that 
day v/e estimated th't we saw at least five hundred. 
They v/ere partial to the edges of the woods and roadside 
but were to bo found every where, oven in the depths 
of the forest- 
