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THE OOLOGIST 



Nest No. 7, June 28, 1904. Was in 

 a hemlock 15 ft. up and 7 ft. out over 

 a wood road. It was not far from 

 where I found No. 6, and it contained 

 four fresh eggs which were marlted 

 almost exactly like those found in 

 Nest 6. The female was on the nest 

 and did not leave until I touched her 

 when she dropped to the ground and 

 then came back again real close. I 

 am positive that this was the same 

 bird that built nest No. 6 and she had 

 just nine days in which to build the 

 nest and lay four eggs. 



Nest No. 8, May 29, 1905. Nest 20 

 ft. up and 12 ft. on a horizontal limb 

 of a large hemlock and contained 

 three fresh eggs and one egg of Cow- 

 bird. The female stuck to the nest 

 until I jarred the limb when she drop- 

 ped to the ground but soon came back 

 and settled down on the nest when I 

 reached the ground. 



June 3, 1905, saw a male Black- 

 throated Green singing E-ze-ze-ze-z as 

 he hunted leizurely from branch to 

 branch and finally went to a nest 

 which I found to contain one egg. He 

 sang regularly all of the time changing 

 his tune to E-z when I was at the 

 nest. No more eggs were ever layed 

 in this nest. 



Nest No. 9, June 14, 1905. A nest 

 in a small hemlock that grew close 

 beside a very large hemlock was 10 

 ft. up and 6 ft. out on a horizontal 

 limb and contained four fresh eggs. 

 The female was on the nest and af- 

 ter flushing stayed around close by 

 and chipped. 



Nest No. 10, June 18, 1905. Saw a 

 female feeding and after a time she 

 began to chip and work from branch 

 to branch all around and then into a 

 certain hemlock finally going onto a 

 nest 40 ft. up on a small limb. There 

 were five eggs which probably hatch- 

 ed in a day or two. While I was at 

 the nest the female kept flying around 



from branch to branch, sometimes- 

 coming quite close. The male appear- 

 ed, was quiet and kept his distance, 

 looking at me in an inquiring way. Af- 

 ter I was on the ground again the fe- 

 male kept chipping and working to- 

 wards the nest but when within a few 

 inches would fly away again, finally 

 went en the nest chipping continually, 

 stayed but a moment and flew away. 

 Soon she came back, went on the 

 nest and was quiet. A pair of Oven- 

 birds came to the tree and were chas- 

 ed away by the* male. 



Nest No. 11, July 2, 1905. Nest 35 

 ft. up in a hemlock and 10 ft. out on 

 a limb. The female was on the nest 

 and did not leave until I could almost 

 touch her. There were four eggs near- 

 ly ready to hatch. A large feather 

 in the lining of the nest. 



Nest No. 12, July 2, 1905. Nest was 

 40 ft. above the gully bottom in a 

 small leaning hemlock growing out of 

 the gully bank and was on a small 

 limb 3 ft. out. The female was on the 

 nets and left just before I reached her 

 level. The nest contained five well 

 incubated eggs. The female moved 

 silently about through the tree seem- 

 ingly ignoring my presence and pick- 

 ed a worm from a branch within 3 ft. 

 of my hand and went on to the nest 

 only five feet from me and in plain 

 sight, cuddled down and did not move 

 until I started to descend, when she 

 started up but settled down again 

 without leaving the nest. She did not 

 utter a sound while I was there and 

 the male did not appear at all. Vis- 

 ited this nest again July 9th, I had 

 been watching it a few minutes when 

 the female came and fed the young, 

 which were now in the nest. She 

 staid but a few seconds and dropped 

 to the bottom of the gully, 15 minutes 

 later the male came and fed them and 

 dropped to the gully bottom. In 10 

 minutes the female came and stayed 



