Empidonax traillii alnorum. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1974. (1) July 31. Shot one of a brood of several young. Although barely large enough to fly and still being fed by their parents, they called quoo-wichy exactly like the adults and kept darting up after flies. Aug. 4. Saw a number (all adults) on Upton Hill. (2) " 6. Found a brood of young in a thicket of low bushes. They called quoo-wichy in exactly the tone of the adult. The mother flitted nervously about uttering the usual pip of alarm. 1879. (3) May 29. Abundant among the alder thickets bordering B Meadows. 1876. June 17. A completed but empty nest at least ten feet above the ground in a spruce. 1879. (June 21.) Set D-4. Fresh--hardhack--two foot-- bird absent nest so conspicuous that I saw it thirty foot away. " " Set E-3--Fresh--in fort of willow--supporting branches at least one and one half inches in diameter--edge of thicket of mixed willows and young spruces on hillside--height three feet. Birds piping near the place but female absent. " " Set F-3. Incubated about three days--wild raspberry bush--two feet--nest effectually concealed--female sitting--flushed directly under my feet--shy but flitting around uttering her characteristic pip.. " " In addition to the nests just mentioned I found two others--one building, the other containing a single egg--both in hardhack bushes and not over two foot high; they were very conspicuous. " 23. A recently completed but empty nest on the Stone Farm. " " Set G-3. Fresh--hardhack--height three foot-- bird absent--edge of opening in second-growth birch maple and birch thicket--nest found June 21 when it contained one egg.