Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Dendroica cærulescens. Lake Umbagog, New England. Nest /4 (3047), June 12, 1897, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female seen and photographed on nest. Eggs fresh. 15 ft.above ground in tall (waist high) yew near prostrate log on hillside 20 yds.fr.Lake at n.e.end of Great Id. Female sat very closely. (Cf.journal & photographs of nest & sitting bird). . . . . . . Nest /4 (3057), June 16, 1897, coll.C.H.Watrous. Eggs fresh. "In ground hemlock (yew) I2 inches above ground." Found by Gilbert June 12 when it was empty. We visited it again on the I4th when it held 2 eggs. It was on a low ridge in dense woods on Staples place. . . . . . . 54