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Tyrannus tyrannus.
Upton, Oxford County, Maine.
Nest /3 (1672), June 21, 1876, coll.Wm.Brewster. Eggs
inc. In top of hollow stub 6 ft.above the lake. Set complete.
Nest /2 (1673), June 21, 1876, coll.Wm.Brewster. Eggs
fresh. In top of hollow stub 6 ft.above the lake. Nest deserted.
Nest /3 (1674), June 21, 1876, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female
sitting on 3 eggs June I8. Eggs fresh. In fork of dead birch
over the lake and 8 ft.up.
[cf. above with same notes]
Nest /4 (1669), June 15, 1873, coll.Wm.Brewster. In top
of hollow stub over the water. Hole descending from above to
depth of 8 in.
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