360 MAINE (Ll. Umbages) 1876. Monday " " " 12th Nests of D. coronata " " " Zon. albicollis " " " Z. Swainsoni " " " Pallasii Hel. purpurea Cupicapilla P. gramineus Elbony and rather cool. Started off with Storm after breakfast taking the Tylm road. Found nothing except a newly finished nest of Z. Swainsoni until I reached the Tylm farm, then I heard a Hel, purpurea singing and shot him. A few minutes after I heard another but did not succeed in getting him. Keeping along the edge of the farm I heard signs of Hel. cupicapilla singing. I never saw them so abundant here before. My first find was a nest of D. coronata with 4 fresh eggs. The ♀ was sitting and slid off as I reached my hand up. The ♂ was flying about 100 yds off. This nest was in a spruce dolpin some 7 ft up & from the top of tree. I afterwards found another about 15 ft. up, also with the ♀ sitting on 4 eggs. This latter was in second growth woods the former in an isolated tree in an old field. I next found a nest of Zon. albicollis with 4 fresh eggs. The ♀ was sitting and did not move until nearly trod on. The nest was sunk in the ground on a slope away naturally fiss and was almost entirely concealed by last years ferns that arched over it. Among then darn fiss I found a nest of Sp. socialis with 3 fresh eggs. In the open field was a Z Pas. Gavam Pascienges. They are abundant on the hillside Rasleys. Also heard a Poreets grass, or the Tylm road. Returning I left the path on the brick kind and happened to almost step on a nest of Z. Pallasii. The ♀ glided off under my feet. The nest was sunk in the ground and camouflaged by the branches of then little fir shrubs. The eggs were 4 & had been in also 5 days. Did not go out in P.M. Bailey found on nest of Z. Swainsoni 1 with 3 - 4 with 1 ff & 1 empty,