12 Upton, Maine 1871 in the woods. The males sang at all times of the day but especially in the early morning and just at sunset. So shy and retiring was they that we did not take a single specimen, and on only one occasion did I succeed so much as catching a sight at one. Found a pair of H. auden breeding in a hole in a bird stump in the woods at Bethel. 58 Euthria Americana. Dut with frequent in pairs and probably breeding. Heard the males sing as in Massachusetts on several occasions. 59 Otta Canadensis. Rather common though very silent and retiring (S. Card, as far up as Bethel). 60 Parus atricapillus. Common though always quite and inconspicuous; found two nests in birch stumps, one June 7th with five and the other June 9th with four fresh eggs. 61 Calodacus purpureus. Which to our surprise found them everywhere very common in the depths of the woods, where the males used sing from the top of some tall spruce. 62 Chlorismitri friskie. Common. 63 " Junius. Common? 64 Eurirosta Americana. Saw a small flock June 4th and a single bird June 5. 65 Pasrreulus savanna. Found it abundant in the brooding fields and grassy meadows all the way up from Bethel, and especially on the billy stump-filled pastures at Upton. 66 Poecetes Gramineus. Frequent in the high of sun pastures. 67 Zon albicollis. Common and one of the most beautiful singers of the region; we heard its exquisite melody frequently as late as