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Chordeiles virginianus.
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
Upton, Oxford County.
Nest /2 (1946), June 7, 1876, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female
shot and skinned. Eggs fresh. Eggs laid on moss. Locality among
stums on edge of woods.
Two eggs (1947), June 7, 1876, coll.Wm.Brewster. Eggs
laid on bare ground on burnt land among dead trees on edge of woods.
One egg (1948), June - , 1876, coll.W.Stone. In clear-
ing among wild currant bushes. Eggs laid on mound surrounded by
water. Another egg nearly ready for shell found in oviduct. ♀ shot,
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