Melospiza palustris. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1871. June 3. A nest with four fresh eggs found on the Floating Island. 1874. Aug. 6. Several in a large swamp on the Tyler Path. How they find these isolated forest swamps is a mystery. 1879. May 29. H-4 A nest containing four fresh eggs was raised about a foot above the ground by rank dead grass of last years growth which formed a beautiful canopy over the whole. It was on the bank of the Cambridge River about a mile below the Sluice. 1880. June 1. Set K-5. Nest in moss-hung bow of prostrate fir; about four feet above the water, prettily concealed by a mass of usnea grass; female stole silently from the nest when I was within a yard of it. Island in Leonard's Pond. " " Set K-4. Nest among dry, last year's grass, raised about four inches above the damp ground on a floating island in Leonard's Pond. ♀ flushed & shot. Sept. 3. One singing this evening. 9. Feeding on wild rice along the lake shore. 1882. Oct. 8-22 A few seen on the 9th. 67