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Quiscalus quiscula aeneus.
Lake Umbagog, New England.
Nest /4 (3040), June 6, 1897, coll. Wm. Brewster. Female started from nest and well seen. Incubated a few days. In top of short, hollow stub 2 ft. above water. Photographed in situ (4x5 negative, #607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612).
Nest /4 (3041), June 6, 1897, coll. Wm. Brewster. Female started from nest and well seen. Eggs fresh. In hollow stub 5 ft. above water. Cf. 4x5 negative, #613.
Nest /4 (3042), June 6, 1897, coll. Wm. Brewster. Female started from nest and well seen. Eggs fresh. Under scale of bark (a la Certhia) 2 ft. above water. Cf. 4x5 negative, #614.
Nest /3 (3043), June 6, 1897, coll. Wm. Brewster. Female started from nest and well seen. Eggs slightly incubated. In hollow stub 2 ft. above water.
Note applying to the above four sets.
In stub forest on flooded meadows a little below Leonard's Pond and about opposite Moll's Carry between the Megalloway and Androscoggin Rivers near their confluence. Water over these meadows from 2 to 6 feet deep at this date. Cf. Journal.