Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Dendroeca coronata. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1871. color ① June 9. Three nests found yesterday and to-day were built in young firs about breast high they were all large, deeplly hollowed and lined chiefly with feathers, they contained four eggs each all far advanced in incubation. 1874. color ② July 31. The young chirp in more gutteral tones than the other young Warblers, and continue calling for a longer time without cessation. Cessation. Aug. 7. Shot a young male without yellow on the rump. 1876. color ③ June 11. 6-4. A second nest among the firs behind the mill. It was built about ten feet above the ground in a small iso- lated spruce in the middle of an opening. The female was sitting and when started off, chirped sharply, bring- ing up the male who had been singing some thirty yards away. The nest contained four perfectly fresh eggs. I also took the nest found yesterday; no more eggs had been laid and the nest was evidently deserted. Its position was similar to that of the last but it was low- er, about seven above thoground and five below the top of the tree.. " 12. Two nests, the females of each sitting on four fresh eggs. The first nest was in a spruce sapling about seven feet from the ground and five from the top of the tree. The female slid off as I was about to touch her with my hand. The male was singing about one hundred yards away. The tree was an isolated one standing on the edge of an open field. The second nest was about fifteen feet above the ground in a spruce growing in second-growth woods. Both sets in Tyler farm. " 16. A recently finished but empty nest exquisitely lined with feathers. Male bird singing about a hundred yards away. " 21. A nest in a small isolated spruce in a pasture con- tained two eggs, with embryos of small size. The nest was wet, and evidently deserted, the embryos dead and partially decomposed.