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Contributed by Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library.
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Petrochelidon lunifrons.
May 31, 1896, Lake Umbagog, New England.
Coll. C.H.Watrous.
Identified by birds seen and character of nest.
Under eaves of barn on the Gibbs (formerly Hayward) farm near
the Narrows.
Nest /4 (2856), nest destroyed in transit. Nearly fresh.
Five eggs (2857),
Four " (2858), slightly incubated.
" " (2859), " "
" " (2860), inc.a few days.
" " (2861), inc.only just begun.
" " (2862), slightly incubated.
" " (2863), " "
" " (2864), inc.several days.
" " (2865).