122 
1871. 
Juno 9. 
1873. 
Sept.22.t 
1874. ,1 
'Juljr 28. 
Aug. 8. 
(t t< 
1876. 
June 9. ;! 
“ 11 . 
“ 15. ^ 
“ 16. i 
1879. 
June 4. 
10 . 
Dendfoeca maculosa. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog ). 
A nest found to-day, and another yesterday, vmre 
each placed about breast high in small firs, and each 
contained four fresh eggs. 
Sav/ several on Cambridge River. 
Heard a male singing. 
Shot a young bird in perfect fall plumage. 
Most of the young are nov; in full fall plumage. 
A nest building in a spruce sapling about nine foot 
above the ground. The female busily at work upon it. 
Seven recently completed nests; six empty, one con¬ 
taining a single egg, all built in fir shrubs; none 
over tv/o feet above the ground. 
A nest in a fir saplinh about four feet up, the fe¬ 
male sitting on four fresh eggs. 
Nest v/ith four fresh eggs in spruce sapling; height 
four feet; I almost touched the female before she 
starred off v/hen, like most of the birds hero, she imme¬ 
diately disappeared and did not again show herself. 
T\to nests, each vnth four eggs; all fresh. 
Visited a nest v/'hich contained tvro eggs three days 
ago and found that the number had not increased although 
the female was sitting. Upon blov/ing them I found that 
they contained embryos. 
Nest v/-ith four fresh eggs, tv/-elve feet above the 
ground in a fir shrub. Female sat so closely that I 
nearly touched her. 
' Throe empty but apparontl 3 /' finished nests 
Three sets of eggs, four, tv/o, and five respectively; 
the set of five incubated about ten days, the others 
fresh; the nests all in small evergreens by the road¬ 
side, tv/o in firs, one ina spruce; hoiglit from three to 
five feet. The parent of the sot of fiv@ sat so close¬ 
ly tha,t I almost touched her with my hand; she slid 
quietly off the nest and began chirping sharply, hopping 
about v/ithin a few feet of mo, trailing her v/ings and 
jetting her v/idoly spread tail nervously. She v/as in 
exceptionally high plumage and probably a very old bird 
v/hich maj/ account for the exceptional number of eggs in 
this set. 
