Zonotrichia albicolis. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1871. May 30- June 10. July 4-6 Common. We often hoard it singing as late as 10 P.M. Three nests, all in open pastures under or near fallen logs. One found June 9 was placed directly under a broad slab with a space of only a few inches above the sitting bird; this nest contained five eggs on the point of hatching. 1872. June 6. Nest with four nearly fresh eggs. 1873. July 21. Still singing morning and evening. Aug. 23. I still occasionally hear them, but they have nearly stopped singing. 1874. July 28. The young when just out of the nest have precisely the same note as the adult bird. Aug. 1. Still singing freely. " 10. This is the only specimen singing now and it is fast lapsing into silence. 1876. May 28. I now hear them frequently at all hours of the night. June 11. Female sitting on an empty nest under a fallen spruce top. " 12. A-4. Nest with four fresh eggs, the female sitting, and not starting till nearly trodden on. The nest was sunk in the ground and almost completely concealed by withered last year's ferns that overarched it. The locality was a slope covered with scattering firs: Upton Tyler farm. & slate trimmed. " " Purdie found a nest placed about four feet above the ground in a fallen fir. " 23. Purdie found a nest with four fresh eggs, on the ground among rank grasses on the edge of a brook.