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Melodia cinerea melodÃa.
Lake Umbagog, New England.
Nest /5 (2840), May 20, 1896, coll.C.H.Watrous. Bird
flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Near Lakeside. W.brought in nest.
I did not see it in situ. In side of bank near roadside, well-
concealed by overhanging grasses.
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Nest /5 (2845), May 21, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female
flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Sargent's pasture (near Lakeside).
Nest with five eggs found May 16 by W.deserted next day. Nest in
spruce pasture opening in side of mound prettily concealed under
withered, broken-down last year's brakes.
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