Alaska eggs and nests notes, v4497
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(3) 748a 1/7 May-9-1907. Nest in a small Hemlock Tree just above high water mark, on shore of Windfall Harbor, Alaska. Situated near end of branch about 12 ft. up and was well concealed, Composed of green moss lined with fine feathers. Nest and branch taken. Incubation fresh. Female secured but male could not be seen after it was shot. C. Littlejohn -4- 722a Olbinchilus hiemalis (Pacificus?) 4/6 N 19 May 1907, Mole Harbor, Alaska ♀ driven from nest and shot. Nest was 2½ ft from the ground, in long moss surrounding a branch of a dead and fallen hemlock. Not preserved, Incubation scarcely commenced Fernk Stephens