Molospisa palustris. 
Maino (Lake Umbagog). 
1B71. 
June 3. 
A nest with four frosg eggs found on the Floating 
Island. 
1874. 
Aug. 6. 
Several in a large swamp ot\ the Tyler path. How 
they find these isolated forest^sv/amps is a mysterjr. 
1879. 
May 29. 
A nest containing four fresh eggs v/as raised about 
a foot above the ground by rank dead grass of last years 
grov/th which formed a beautiful canopy over the v^hole. 
It vras on the bank of the Cambridge River about a mile 
below the Sluice. 
1880. i 
; 
Juno i,-l. 
Set 1-5. 
Nest in moss-hung bov/- of prostrate fir; about four feet 
above the water, prettily coneeailed by a mass of usnea 
li^osSy fomalo soolo silently from the nost whon I was 
vTithin ayardofit. 
« 
Sot K-4. Nest among dry, last year’s grass, raised 
about four inches above the damp ground on a floating 
island in Leonard’s Pond. 
Sept. 3. 
One singing this evening. 
9. 
Feeding on wild rice along the lake shore. 
1882. 
Oct.8-22 
A fev/ seen on the 9th. 
