Philoletta minor. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1880. May 17. Set G-4. Fresh--high ground, at foot of two or three leafless bush maples, partially concealed and over- spread by branches of little fir. Female sitting; I stepped within six inches of her before she rose, when she flew directly away whistling faintly, and crossed an open pasture to some thickets beyond. Male started about forty yards off. This nest was practically in the open pasture, or rather the corner of it where the ad- joining coppice had thrown out a scattering fringe of saplings; the ground was high and dry--a steep bank, in fact, bordering the lake. Philoletta minor. 1880. Maine (Lake Umbagog). (May 23) One singing this evening by the roadside above Peaslees. His song as I once described it is most like the notes of a water-whistle and is certainly very rich and sweet. In the case of this performer it was also well sustained. I was sufficiently near him to hear the choking pt-ul which precedes each utterance of the harsh pa'a'a'a; the latter is like the twang of a bow-string. June 4. Exceedingly abundant here this season; we started four old birds on one spot on Peaslee's Brook this morn- ing. Mr. Godwin reports seeing a nest with four eggs at the Middle Dam yesterday. A river driver happened to see the sitting bird and stooping, lifted her off the eggs and brought her to camp. She was liberated short- ly afterwards and returned immediately to the nest. The next day an ox stepped in in it and broke all the eggs. Sept. 2. " 3. Two moulting; shot among brakes by the lake shore. Found two behind More's, one in alders, the other in scattered birches on the hill-side. The latter bird alighted on the smooth turf within ten yards of me, run- nng a few steps and then squatting in the foot-print of an ox. " 4. One shot in a cornfield on Upton Hill. " 8. One among birches and poplars on Abbott's hill. 69