Empidonax trailli. 
188 
MairiG (Lake Umbagog ) . 
1879. 
(June 21) 
23. 
Sot D-4. Fresh—hardback—tv/o feet— bird absent 
nest so conspicuous that I savr it thirty feet asy,. 
Set Et- 3—Prosh—in fort of v/-illow—supporting 
branches at least one and one half inches in diameter_ 
edge of thicket of mixed v/illov/s and young spruces on 
hillside height three feet. Birds ^liping near the 
place but female absent. 
Set F-3. Incubated abo t three days—v^’ild rasp- 
oerry bush~--t'iYo feet—nest effectually concealed — fesle 
sitting—flushed directly under my foat--shy but flitting 
around utt'ring her characteristic nip. . 
In addLtion to the nests just mentioned [ found 
two others—one building, tlie other containing a single 
ogB~-both in hard?ia,ck bushes arui liot over tv/o foot high; 
they were very conspicuous. 
Farm. 
A recently eomplj+eri but empty nest on the Stone 
Sot G-3. Fi’osh—hardback—height throe foot-- 
bird absent —edge of opening in second-grov/th birch maple 
and birch thicket —nest found June 21 v/hen i "■ contained 
one egg. 
1880. 
Juno 15. 
16. 
17, 
" 18. 
“ 23. 
1881„ 
May 25. 
" 30 . 
Set H-3. Fresh; fork of hazel —isolated clnjrp of 
:! nazols in pasture height four feet; fomalo sitting. 
, She ficev/ off when I brushed past and uttered her charac- 
toristic from the thicket into v/hich she retreated. 
Set 1-4. Fresh, upright fork of small birch shrub- 
' nest very conspicuous from the long strands of dry 
grass that hung below it; female sitting; I got with¬ 
in a yard before she flow. 
Il Set K-3. Fresh—in clump of hazel bushes well con- 
I! cealodamong the broad leaves; height five feet; 
female sitting; she flew from the nest when I was about 
ten yards away, and was not soon again. 
Set L-3, ^resh. Olump of hazels—well-concealed 
; among the leaves; height fo-ur feet; female rather sat 
: c 1 o s 0 1 y., 
ij 
■ Sat V-3. ■'resh-hardhack-height tv,o f,at; conapi- 
I, puJg;- plaoeo and visible firanty yards v;ay, found Juno 
1/ v/iion lb v,as completed but empty. 
j, 
-'Arrived to-day. 
Betv/eon Upton arid Bethel hearr! 
llolavatod pasture gro„n up 1 h:?” “ 
