Contopus virans. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
1865. 
June 10, 
1867. 
June 15, 
1868. 
Nest with one egg (R,Deane. 
Pound a nest with five oggs. 
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Juno 6. 
One seen building. 
“ 20 . 
1869. 
Found a nest containing tv/o fresh eggs. 
June 16, 
Nest on horizontal branch of oak with three oggs 
(fresh). 
May 25. 
1870. 
May 30. 
“ 30. 
1871. 
May 21, 
1874, 
June 8. 
“ 23. 
One. 
One. 
Nest about one-third finished 
One singing in our garden. 
Shot a femal e which was uttering the mournful pheo 
phee- e-e. ’ ^ 
A nest in the fork of a horizontal oak limb con - 
tamed three eggs. The female sat very high on the 
nest, or rather the nest was so shallow in proportion to 
he siae of the bird that the greater part of her body 
could be seen above its edge. she kept her head rolling 
about restlessly, as if keeping a sharp lookout for in¬ 
sects. I nearly broke my neck in trying to get this 
nest. It was lined ’vith pine needles 
1875. 
May 13. One positively identified (Belmont). 
The rtmT^V contained two eggs to-day. 
no noneoJ aitting in a neighboring tree and showL 
no concern when I took her eggs. The nest was on a 
horizontal branch of a large white oak, 
Aug. 24. Very abundant and singing nearly as freely as in 
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Singing everyv/here in Watertown 
