Siurus naevius. 
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Maine (Lake Unibagog ). 
Not conimon around tho lake but literally SY^arming in 
the Sv/ampy thickets bordering Cambridge River above the 
dam.- There v/-as a- striking uniformity in tho songs of 
different individuals of this species. The male usually 
sings lo\Y dovm in tho darkest recesses of his retreat. 
Sa\Y one on Cambridge River. 
One singing superbly on an Island in Leonard’s Pond, 
his ringing v/arble soundingall tho finer from the per¬ 
fect silence around. 
I discovered this evening that the Water Thrush sing 
in the air like tho Oven Bird. I sav;- one rise to tho 
height of several hundred feet above the tallest trees 
and then descend, uttering its usual song, follov/ed by a 
continued, tremulous, varied, and exquisitely tender 
I yrnrhle. This termination is very similar to that of 
tho Oven-bird. Tho bird descends on an incline plane. 
“ 24. A single male singing yesterday. Numbers heard 
today. 
" 26. At mid-day during a passing shov/er a male soared 
above the woods singing in tho manner all ready descri¬ 
bed. 
June 2. Nest with four eggs incubated about eight days, 
placed in the vertical side of a v/all of earth adhereing 
to the roots of a fallen tree overarched by the earth 
in v/hich the cavity had been excavated for its reception. 
This v/as additionally protected, both from the v/eather 
and observation, by a tangle of flexible earth-laden 
roots that hung dovni like a curtain before its entrance. 
I brushed against this curtain wliile passing, v/hen the 
sitbing bird fluttered out from behind it and tumbled out 
on tho ground at my feet, simulating lameness. She did 
not utter any sound, hovrever, and the tvro males singing 
'' in the vicinity did not come near the spot. 
2. Two nests; one with four, tho other with five eggs. 
Both sots incubated about six days. Tho first nest was 
in the side of an earth-laden root on the north side of 
B Point on the Lake shore. This nest was not concealed 
like the one found yesterday, being simply sot in the 
side of the bank. I could see the eggs from a distance 
of ten feet. The female vras not sitting but soon after 
I discovered the nest she .ahdrher mate appeared, both 
chii’ping sharply, showing much anxiety, and running over 
I! the mossy ground within six feet of me. The second nest 
was concealed nearly as perfectly as the one found yes¬ 
terday; it was completely overarched by the bank \Yhich 
projected dovm above its entrance,and the eggs could not 
1872. 
June 3- 
14. ' 
1874. 
Aug. 3. 
« 18. 
1879. i 
May 24. 
