Olbiorchilus niemalis. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 24 1871. May 30- June 10. //Common. The males sang at all times of the day but especially in the early morning and just at sunset. So shy were they, that we did not take a single speci- men, and only once did I get so much as a sight at one. 1872. June 8-14 //Although these Wrens were numerous and continually singing we did not succeed in getting a shot at any of them. 1874. Aug. 1. Heard a male in full song. " 5. //Came upon a large brood of young near the Stone Path. They were very tame, one of them coming up al- most within reach of my hand as I stood motionless. They kept up a continual calling in fine, shrill whist- ling tones, which reminded me of that of certain Thrushes during the breeding season. 1876. May 26. Singing every where and much more steadily and ener- getically than I ever heard them before. " 27. //This species is about the shyest bird in spring that I have ever tried to shoot. It is almost impossible to get within range of one or to see him when you do. I saw one to-day go down between the logs of a rude bridge and walking out on the structure very cautiously spied him hopping, about directly under my feet chasing spiders and occasionally picking an aquatic insect from the surface of a pool of water. The song of this Wren is one of the best to be heard in this region. The notes are remarkably like those of a music box both in tone and method of delivery. " 28. A male sings at all times of the day in the woods behind the house and once or twice I have heard him in the wood-pile near the barn. June 22. They sing very little now, and only in early morn- ing and again at sunset. 1879. May 24. The woods are filled with their delicious music. As I was sitting on a log in a secluded glen one came and sang within ten yards of me. While singing his tail was depressed, and in the intervals between the songs he bobbed up and down with a bowing motion. 24