1902] Kells Nesting of some Canadian Warblers. 179 



neighbouring- lowland wood ; this was placed in the top of a small 

 hemlock, about fourteen feet from the ground, constructed of 

 similar materials, and contained four eggs. Since then, no nest 

 of this species with eggs has come under my observations, but I 

 have noted a few others in which young had appaiently been 

 raised. One of these was on the side of a small cedar, where a 

 little branch grew out, and about four feet off the ground ; 

 another, evidently a new nest, but after the breeding season when 

 I found it, was placed among some leafy twigs on the side of a 

 pretty large birch tree, five or six feet from the ground. This, 

 with a S3t of the first eggs of the species that I took, are still in 

 my collection, and a notable feature about the nest of this find is, 

 that the beginning and outside of the nest is ornamented with 

 pieces of birch bark, and usually also with insect cocoons. It 

 much resembles the nest of a chipping sparrow, but there is less 

 hair in the inside, and the foundation is less bulky. Inside it is 

 about two inches across, by one and a half deep. 



Of late years much change has been effected in the low 

 grounds where was once the haunt and home of this species; 

 during the summer season cleared fields, over which the binding- 

 reaper is driven, now meets the eye in the harvest time, where 

 twenty years ago the swampy forest stoo I, and with the dis- 

 appearance of the soft-wood forest most of our woodland warblers 

 take their departure, and have their summer homes in their ancient 

 haunts no more. In my occasional woodland rambles late in 

 May and early June, I still hear the melody of this warbler inter- 

 mingling along with others ot its family relations, and no doubt 

 some of the species still nest in the remnant of our lowland woods, 

 b.it into such places I do not now care to penetrate and explore. 

 To reach these places long walks are necessary ; at the nesting 

 time the ground is still wet, logs and brush impose hardships not 

 pleasant to encounter, and the moment a person enters the deep 

 shade he is assailed by swarms of mosquitoes, which, to say the 

 least, is very trying to weak nerves. Then, though the birds 

 whose nest is sought for, may be both heard and seen, there are 

 ten chances to one that no nest is discovered, even though such 

 might exist within a few yards of the searcher's standpoint.. Again 

 should a nest be discovered, it may contain eggs well incubated, 



