Quiscalus quiscula aeneus. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1899. May 25. Nest with five fresh eggs in a fork of a sapling over the water beautifully concealed among usnea moss. [fine job up] Both birds came about as I was taking the eggs making much fuss. Another nest in the cavity of a low stub over the water contained six eggs x slightly incubated. x (1550) The female was sitting and left the nest when I was nearly twenty yards away; this nest was composed of dry grass and pine needles, these lining the cavity thinly but neatly. 7/5 [3723] " 23. Set H-1. Top of dead stub over water--height two foot (considerably below high water mark). Nest contain- ed four young about a week old--the egg here catalogued. Egg measures 1.40 x .92 - Quiscalus purpureus aeneus. 1900. Maine (Lake Umbagog). May 19. Nest, five eggs. " 20. Set I-5. Incubated about five days--hole in red maple stub over water--height six foot. June 15. Young on wing. 1901. May 13. Numerous among the stubs; females building.