Turdus sv/ainsoni. 
1879. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
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May 24. 
In full song about the lake shores this evening. 
June 11. 
Three sets; throe, throe, and tv/’o eggs respective¬ 
ly, all fresh, or nearly so. One nest near the ex¬ 
tremity of a drooping fir branch about eight foot from 
the ground; the other tv/o in small firs against the 
main stem; the height of one ten feet, of the other 
fifteen feet. Tv/'o of the birds were sitting, and 
neither started until the branch was forcibly shaken, 
when they glided dovm into the tangle of fallen tree-tops 
beneath and disappeared in silence. All throe nests in 
the syrampy woods bordering Cambridge River. 
" 12. 
Sot of four fresh eggs; nest in fir shrub near 
roadside, against the main stem; height five feet. 
Female sitting; she slid off when I v/’as v/-ithin about 
tv/erity feet. 
“ 13. 
Set of three fresh eggs. Nest in young spruce 
about four feet above ground. 
" 17. 
Sot X-3. Fresh. Nest in fir sapling near the top. 
Height about fifteen feet. Female absent but as i 
climbed the tree she came about, making an unusual fuss. 
" 18. 
Set Y-3. — Fresh. Nest in fir sapling. 
1B80. 
Juno 9. 
Sot Z-4. Fresh—Fir—height ten foot. 
1881. 
May 12. 
Dozens singing about the lake shores this evening. 
