Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Empidonax traillii alnorum. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1880. June 15. Set M-3. Fresh; fork of hazel--isolated clump of hazels in pasture height four feet; female sitting. She flew off when I brushed past and uttered her characteristic dip from the thicket into which she retreated. Pearlee's pasture Egg given away. " 16. Set I-4. Fresh, upright fork of small birch shrub; nest very conspicuous from the long strands of dry grass that hung below it; female sitting; I got with-in a yard before she flew. Lake shore near Brown's. " 17. Set K-3. Fresh--in clump of hazel bushes well concealed among the broad leaves; height five feet; female sitting; she flew from the nest when I was about ten yards away, and was not seen again. Sayles' clearing. One egg broken- " 18. Set L-3. Fresh. Clump of hazels--well-concealed among the leaves; height four feet; female rather sat closely. Taken by A. Cotile in clearing beyond Brown's. " 23. Set N-3. Fresh--hardhack--height two feet; conspicuously placed and visible twenty yards way, found June 17 when it was completed but empty. Sayles' clearing- 1881. May 25. Arrived to-day. " 30. Between Upton and Bethel heard numbers, one in an elevated pasture grown up to small white pines. 82