Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library.
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Transcription
Progne subis.
Lake Umbagog, New England.
Coll.C.H.Watrous, June 12, 1896. Birds seen.
Nest /5 (2836), Eggs fresh.
Five eggs (2837), " "
" " (2838), " "
Six " (2839), " "
" " (2890), " "
" " (2891), " inc.3 or 4 days.
Note applying to all sets above.
Gibbs (formerly Hayward) farm near Narrows. Nests of mud (like this specimen) lined with straw & green leaves. In bird house placed on the end of a short pole attached to the roof of a shed. A large colony of birds according to Watrous. I did not visit the place.