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Actitis macularia.
Lake Umbagog, New England.
Nest /4 (2841), May 2I, 1896, coll.Wm.Brewster. Bird
seen building & flushed from nest. Eggs fresh. Sargent farm (near
Lake side). Nest hollowed May I4 (6 P.M.); finished, I egg, May15
(6 P.M.); taken, 3 eggs, May 20. Another egg & bird sitting May 2I.
Nest in bank by roadside among ferns, grasses, etc., 30 yds.fr.
Lake, & 20 yds.fr.W.Sargent's house. Bird rose at I0 to I5 yds.