1873. 
Parula aniericana. 
Aug. 23. 
Sept.22. 
1879. 
May 31. 
June 13. 
1880, 
Juno 3. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
The males still sing occasionally. 
Saw sevoral on Cambridge River. 
Female v/orking on nest in usnea moss, hanging from 
a branch ovor the lake. Height forty feet. 
Set of four eggs incubated about four days. Nest 
in usnea moss hanging from horizontal .dead branch, on 
small spruce, near the Lake shore. Height six feet. 
This nest was found Juno 3, when it was empty but appar- 
oni,ly completed; to—day the female v/as looking out at 
our approach; she flev/ from it v/hon I was about tv/’enty 
feet alsray and at once began to chirp v/hon tlie male ap¬ 
peared. After I had taken the eggs, nest, and branch,' 
they hunted for their lost home a long time, carefully 
examining every little bunch of moss on the tree. Tyro 
of their eggs had the contents thickened or congealed so 
that they wore blovm v/ith great difficulty; the shells 
of all v/ere very think and strong, resisting the point 
of thvO drill nearly as much as do Woodpeckers eggs. 
Set D-l's — Fresh. Nest in a hanging tuft of usnea 
moss at the extremity of a long, slender v/hite maple 
branch over the \yator. Height thirty-five feet. There 
v/as no moss elsewhere on the tree v/hich v/'as alive and 
covered with loaves. This nest yras found-May 25 ’when 
the female v/as carryinu materials into it-. 
1881, 
May 12. 
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