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Dendroica caerulescens.
Maine (Lake Umbagog).
1880.
June 10. Set B-3. Incubated about eight days--arbor-vitae
shrub among yew--height twelve inches; female slid from
the nest when I was within about twelve feet. She re-
turned almost immediately and showed great anxiety, chirp-
chirping sharply, jetting her tail and dropping her wings
like a Redstart, and flitting about within two feet of
my head.
Dendroeca caerulescens.
1880. Maine (Lake Umbagog). Nest in Cojay 5
( June 10 ) Set C-3. Upright fork of Yew; height fifteen in-
ches; rather conspicuously placed and visible ten yards
off; female absent; male singing twenty yards away;
edge of dense bed of Yew, west side of Great Island.
The nest contained two eggs which were perfectly fresh.
I took them, substituting two eggs of the Chipping Spar-
row. Returning June 13, I found that the female had laid
only one more egg. She was sitting and permitted me
to almost touch her. // Wpm
1881.
May 14. Arrived to-day.
Dendroica caerulescens.
1899. Oxford County, Maine.
Sept.28 female, Bethel.