Wilsonia canadensis. 
186 
1 < 
1871. 
May 30“ 
June 10. 
Wilsonia canadensis. 
Maine (Lake TJmbagog). 
Generally distributed throughout the vroods but no 
vAhere very common; the females v/’ere evidently laying at 
the time of our departure. 
1874. 
Aug. 3. 
Shot a young bird just from the nest. 
“ 13. 
One of the few birds singing in the woods. 
" 29. 
Shot an adult male in fall plumage 'Yhich is "much 
more beautiful than that of spring. He was in full song 
1876. 
June 18. 
A nest exquisitely concealed in a hole in the side 
of a steep mossy bank. The hole extending in about 
six inches and the entire nest over-arclied by intensely 
green moss. Female sitting on four fresh eggs, she 
flev/ from the nest v/’hen v/’e were v/ithin about three yards 
li of her. Locality a moss-carpeted glade shaded by one 
two large trees and in the heart of the vmods. 
1879. 
May 24. 
A single male singing. 
June 18. 
Sot B-4. Incubated about eight days. Most in a 
cavity excavated in a vortical VTall of green moss grov/ing 
on the face of t]ie ledge and shaded by heavy timber. 
The female came about chirping sharply. The shell of 
the eggs vrere very hard. 
“ 30. 
Sot C-5. On the point of hatching. Nest in green 
moss adheroing to the vertical face of a root about four 
foot in diameter. I noticed the entrance hole, and 
looking in spied the female sitting. I stood witliin two 
feet of her for sometime; then she glided out, running 
over the ground with trailing wings and spread tail. 
For a v/hile she vras silent, returning occasionally to 
peer at me anxiously, then retiring among the loaves. 
Finally she began to chirp sharply. The male did not 
appear. 
1880. 
May 19. 
Tv;o males-. The first. 
1881. 
May 21. 
Sav/ one. 
