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Cambridge, Mass.
1900
June 26
Yesterday was as usual in the Musuem.

Myiarchus crinitus nest & eggs in Waltham.
To-day has been a glorious day, clear, cool. This
morning I breakfasted with Will and at
eight o'clock Will, Lothrop, O.A., George Deane
& I started for a trip to a nest of the
Great-crested Flycatcher which Lathrop had
discovered. We took the electrics to Waltham.
Then we changed to the line that now runs
all the way through Lexington St. to Lexing-
ton. It is the best road bed and the easiest
running car that I ever experienced. We
went at great speed and got off at the
Trapelo Road. Then we walked west on
the Trapelo Road 3/10 of a mile (bicycle
measure) and turned into the old apple
orchard. There in a dead limb and out
flew the old bird like a shot. Both birds
soon appeared and kept near all the time
that we were there, an hour or more. They
were silent most of the time, occasionally
uttering their characteristic note. Several
photographs were taken of the hole and
during some of the exposures, one of the
birds sat on a small branch close by the
nest and but a few yards from the
camera.

The trunk of the apple tree divided into
several branches, about 5 1/2 feet from the
ground. One of these branches was dead.
It extended about 7 feet from the trunk