Zonotrichia albicollis. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1879. June 12. Set of four perfectly fresh eggs. Nest in top of mound by side of Peaslee's Brook; beautifully overlapped and concealed by ferns, wild raspberries, and other trailing vines. Female sitting. I stepped within less than two feet of the nest before she started, when she fluttered up into a bush within a few yards and there remained, uttering occasionally a sharp chirp which soon brought up the male. This female was one of the finest plumaged ones that I have seen; in fact I could distinguish no difference between her and the male. (June 18) Set C-4. Incubated about seven days. Nest on ground in bed of Yew, but not overshadowed or concealed in any way. The female was a young bird with ashy throat and generally plain plumage. She sat very closely and after being started chirped anxiously. 1880. June 5. Set D-4. Incubated about seven days; nest among dry ferns under a small brush-heap by the roadside; female sitting; she flew from the nest when I stepped on the edge of the brush-pile, and at once began to utter her metallic chink which called up the male who had been singing a few rods away. Errol road in Cambridge Township " " Set E-4. Incubated four days. Nest deep, well sunk in the ground, concealed under a small detached dead limb lying on the ground in an opening among firs. The female sat closely. I flushed her by brushing against the branch. Returning later she was again on the nest; she permitted me to get within two feet of her, when I noticed her body was not palpitating as is usual in such cases. When started off she plunged into a thicket of firs and kept perfect silence. Reyerson's clearing. " 9. Set F-4. Incubated eight days--nest sunk among green moss on top of prostrate log, concealed under a dead fir branch that lay across it. Lake shore. e. of Brown's clearing. " 15. A nest with young placed in the side of a mossy bank in no way over arched or concealed save by the clustering dwarf cornell that surrounded it. The bank was fairly snowy with its blossoms which formed a beautiful setting for the pretty nest. " 17. Young on wing. Sept. 3 One singing this evening. 1882. Oct. 8-22 The most numerous Sparrow up to about the 18th. Sevoral soon October 21.