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Passerculus sandwichensis savanna.
Lake Umbagog, New England.
Nest /5 (2849), May 26, I896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Bird
started from nest & positively identified. Male singing 30 yds.
off. Eggs inc.sev.days. Sweat farm, Lakeside. Nest by W.empty
but finished May I8. 3 eggs, May 2I. Not visited again till May
26. In wet mead.below Sweat's barn, 20 ft.from brook, in side of
litle mound, sunk deep in moss, & overhung by short grass & low
plants.
Nest /4 (2850), May 26, I896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female
started from nest and positively identified. Male singing 20 yds.
off. Eggs slightly inc. Lakeside farm. Found by W.B.empty but
finished, May I9. 2 eggs May 2I. Not visited again until May 26.
Sunk deep among fine "winter-killed" grass. Low, dry mowing-field,
between Lakeside Hot.& steamer l'dg. Grass drawn in over nest,
concealing it only imperfectly.