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Junco hyemalis.
Lake Umbagog, New England.
Nest /4 (2846), May 21, 1896, coll.C.H.Watrous. Bird flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Thurston farm, Errol. Found May 20, set complete. Nest in spruce pasture in opening at foot of and concealed by little spruce sapling a foot or two high.
Nest /4 (2867), June 3, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female seen on nest. Eggs small embryos. Pine Pt. (Pho.taken). Nest foot of little spruce in deep moss covering vertical face boulder in dense spruce, etc. woods. Position iden. with that of Sylvania canadensis nests, but 2 entrance holes, one on each side spruce whose branches hid them. Female near nest pretended indifference.
Nest /3 (1107), June 1, 1881, coll.A.Coolidge. No notes on position of nest.
Nest /4 (1108), June 2, 1881, coll.A.Coolidge. No notes on position of nest.
Nest /5 (III3), June 24, 1881, coll.A.Coolidge. "On ground in pasture".