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in Northern New England, New York, and in Ontario. The Rev. C. 

 M. Jones found it breeding at Eastford, Connecticut, in deep, swampy 

 woods, which the birds seem to make their favorite resorts. Four nests 

 were discovered placed in laurel bushes, from five to about eighteen 

 inches above the ground. They were composed of dry grape vine 

 bark, twigs and roots, and partially covered on the outside with the woolly 

 substance of cocoons ; the lining was of fine black roots and hair, and 

 they contained four eggs respectively. These nests were found in the 

 first half of June. Mr. William L. Kells found the Black-throated 

 Blue Warbler breeding in the thick underbrush of the high timber land, 

 near Listowel, Ontario, in June, and on the 5th of that month, 1886, 

 discovered a compactly built nest of this species in a small maple. On 

 the gth it contained three eggs of the Warbler and one of the Cowbird. 

 These are now in Mr. Norris ; collection. Another nest found placed 

 in a small leafy shrub at the edge of a thicket contained three young 

 of D. caeridescens and one young Cowbird. Mr. Egbert Bagg and 

 Dr. William M. Ralph found this Warbler nesting in swampy and 

 heavily timbered woods, thickly overgrown with brush, near Holland 

 Patent, New York. Four nests were taken between May 29 and June 

 14, 1886 ; they were built in the upright forks of little maple bushes, 

 from nine inches to two feet above the ground. 



The sizes of two sets of four eggs each are given as follows : .66 x 

 50, .66 x.. si, .64x.5i, .64x.5i; .75 x .54, .72 x .55, . 76x^4, .72 x .52. 

 The eggs are bufFy-white or greenish-white, more or less heavily 

 blotched with pinkish-brown, reddish-brown, of varying shades ; some 

 specimens in general shape and appearance resemble the eggs of the 

 American Redstart, being marked with chestnut and hazel, chiefly at 

 the larger ends. The sizes of Mr. Norris' set are .64x49, .64 x. 51, 

 .64x.5i. 



655. Dendroica coronata (LINN.) [95.] 



Myrtle Warbler. 



Hab. Entire of North America, rare west of the Rocky Mountains, except on the Pacific coast, 

 where more or less common. Breeds from Northern United States northward. Winters from the Middle 

 States and Ohio Valley (40) southward to West Indies and Panama. Breeds also in Jamaica. 



The Yellow-crowned or Yellow-rumped Warbler is a common and 

 well-known species in Eastern United States, breeding from the north- 

 ern portions northward in May, June and July. Breeds abundantly in 

 the coniferous forests of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. In 

 Central and Northern Ohio it is a rather common breeder. Dr. Howard 

 E. Jones has several times found it nesting in Pickaway county, and 

 has observed it in the extreme southern portions of the State in July. 

 In the vicinity of Listowel, Ontario, Mr. W. L. Kells met with this 



