Certhia familiaris americana. 
Maine (Lako Umbagog). 
1879. ' 
(June 23) Set D-4. —Fresh—harkt:^&cale—dead fir—height 
twelve feet—birds absent—tree standing in water among 
hard vz-ood stubs. This nest \?as found June 18 v/hen the 
female was at v;ork upon it; the first eggs must have 
' been laid the next day. 
1880. 
May 17. Numerous males singing. 
« 18. Singing every whore in the woods. 
« 21 •Ij A nest Yzith-young at least five days old in bark 
1 scale over water; height four feet. 
« 24j| Nest just finished. 
« 25. Set E-6. — Nest in scale of fir bark; height 
eight feet; tree surrounded by v/ater; female sitting; 
I upon prying off the bark I found her clinging against 
II the trunk about six inches above the nest; she then 
flew off and at once disappeared. 
« « Set P-6. — Fresh—fir—height seven feet—tree 
standing on lako shore among stubs; nest near the top 
of an immense scale of bark at least four foot long. 
Upon tapping the bark the female came out and at once 
disappeared. 
it 
Sot G-5. — Hemlock; on high bank bordering lake 
partly shaded by the woods. None of the materials of 
the nest could bo seen from below. Height eight feet; 
male singing about tv/enty yards off, female feeding 'with 
him; when I climbed to the nest she flev; about my head 
uttering her shrill tzeep and showing much solicitude. 
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Set H-7. — Fresh—height six feet; tree standing 
in shallov; v/ator just outside edge of v/’oods; female sit¬ 
ting; she flow from the nest when vro tapped on the tree. 
« 29. 
June 1. 
Sot 1-5. Nearly hatched; ash stub over water; 
height five feet. The character of this nest was unusu¬ 
al. The bark scale v;as so small and so closely attached 
to the tree that it seemed impossible that there could 
be space loft within for the nest. We discovered it py 
seeing the female alight on the trunk and disappear be¬ 
hind the bark. I tapped on it sharply but she refused 
to come out; looking in I could see her closely squatt¬ 
ed on the nest, her little form palpitating visibly with 
fear. Upon paddling off a little way she came out. 
Ser K-5. Nearly hatched. Fir; height eight feet; 
female sitting. She flow from the nest v/hen I rapped on 
the bark but beyond an occasional creep sho’wed no soli¬ 
citude. The bottom of this nest hung down below the 
lower-part of the bark so that vre saw it from some dis¬ 
tance-; Another about fifty yards off contained nevrly 
hatched young. 
