1876. 
June 1. 
19. 
"lB79v 
"a 24, 
Juno 1. 
5. 
1880. 
Hay 21. 
Juno 9. :i 
Myiarchus crinitus. 
Maino (Lako Unibagog). 
Saw a pair and ono single bird along the path to 
the Stone larm; they v/ore noisy ^ as usual, and very shy. 
One among the flooded forest of stubs at the Outlet, 
Heard ono near the post-office on Upton Hill. 
Ono calling behind the barn all day long. 
Heard them ovoryv/liero about the shores o the lake. 
They are lully as common hero nov/ as the Olivo-sided Ply- 
catcher . 
Mr.Purdie who returned to-day from the Hogallo,.^ay 
tolls mo that this species vnas rather common about the 
1 ovfe r s a 111 omo n t. 
Ono in the v/oods behind the .Lake House. 
As in 1876 this Flyea,tchor is fa.irly abundant along thb 
snoi os vnereovor tuiere are plenty od dead stubs; nor is 
It ,mi,.bing upon liighor ground, for I heard one this af¬ 
ternoon at least a half a mile from the Lako on Upton 
Hill. Although t v;as certainly a rare bird here in 
1871-2 it IS nov.^, in suitable localities, nearly as com¬ 
mon as Con ton us l^o r aa]. i s . 
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entered a natural iiole in an ash stub about 
fifty feet above the water. least six pairs seen 
to-day. 
One 
hio first. 
Set B-5. Incubated throe days—solitary stub sur- 
, rounded by .vater four rods from shore; nest about 
II t\7Glvo inches below entrar ce, v/hich was an old knovr hole 
largo enough to adrat the hand; height ten feet; fenmle 
sitting. She flew from the jiole before we were v/ithin 
gran shot. Her cries summoned the male t^ut both were 
|; very shy, rarely coining within gun range They made 
I loss noise thar, i exnocted. 
1881 . 
May 13. 
Seen to-day. 
day. 
Alva OooledgG says that thev vier' 
j/'os ter- 
