Philo dela minor. Lake Umbagog. New England. Nest /4 (2832), May 14, 1896, coll.W.Brewster. Bird flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Near Lakeside, Brown Farm. Female rose at 8 or 10 feet, flew slow, legs hanging, not whistling. Nest diam., top 7 in., depth hollow I 3/4 in. In springy run, wooded sparsely with willows, cornels, firs, etc. Sunny openings. Nest on mound in opening among blueberry bushes, etc. (cf. notes). . Two eggs (2838), May 13, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Bird started in same cover and male sang near (300 yards off) but no seen bird on nest. Eggs fresh. Lakeside Farm. Nest of dead leaves in hollow below balsam 2 I/2 feet high, on edge of open knoll wooded with poplars, etc. Nest in exposed position but hidden a- bove and on three sides by the balsam branches. Midway (30 ft.) between edge of field and wet alder swamp.