BIRDS 



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in the mangrove swamps of Albemarle and Narboro. On March 4 a 

 nest was obtained at Iguana Cove, Albemarle, situated a few feet 

 above the ground in the horizontal fork of a small bush. It contained 

 four slightly incubated eggs. The nest is very compactly made and 

 well shaped. The outside is composed of dead, grayish plant stems, 

 green grass and a considerable quantity of cotton ( Gossypium) . The 

 interior is lined with fine brownish rootlets and a few feathers. The 

 dimensions are as follows: height ^~^^ diameter 10, depth of cavity 33, 

 diameter of interior 45. 



The eggs are broadly oval in shape, resembling those of Hehnith- 

 erus vermivorus^ which they equal in size. The ground color of 

 two of the specimens is light buff ; this is heavily spotted and blotched, 

 chiefly in the form of a wreath about the larger end, with umber, 

 chestnut, lavender gray and black. The other specimen (one was 

 broken) is more finely spotted with the same colors on a creamy white 

 ground. They all measure 17 x 14. 



MEASUREMENTS OF ADULT SPECIMENS OF DendrOlCU 



petechia aureola. 



Another nest was found on June 27 near Tagus Cove, Albemarle. 

 This nest contained two incubated eggs, only one of which was pre- 

 served. The nest was situated on a horizontal limb of a mangrove 

 tree (Avicennia) about twelve feet above the water of the swamp. 

 Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., January, 1904. 



