Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Zonotrichia albicollis. Lake Umbagog, New England. Four eggs (2853), May 30, 1896, coll. Wm.Brewster. Female flushed from nest, male singing near nest. Eggs fresh. Osgood's camp, Pine Point. On high rock.pt.20 yds.fr.Lake in open sur.by young spruces, &c.in side of low mound, under mat last yr's brakes, wh.hid it above & on 3 sides. On 4th runway where birds entered. Nest 1/2 sunk in moss. Birds came & chirped. Subs.5 sparrow eggs; hatched. Nest /4 (2854), May 30, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female flushed from nest. Eggs inc.about 3 days. Leonard's Pond. Birds anxious, noisy, circling around. Nest 20 yds. from N.shore Leo- nard's Pond on dry knoll thick with young poplars, sunk to rim in club moss under fallen branch, cornel around. Meas.in situ, inside diam.top, 2 1/2 in.depth cup, 2 in. 14