THE OOLOGIST 



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In the low swampy woodlands near 

 the running streams that flow from 

 every ravine, you will find the most 

 favored locality. I have found more 

 perhaps at the foot of a clump of Spice- 

 wood bushes than in any other one sit- 

 uation. Here a large mass of dry 

 leaves is placed loosely on the ground, 

 on which the nest, proper, is built; 

 and the inner lining of fine, black root- 



1 did not see the female leave the 

 nest, and at once supposed it to be 

 the property of a Wormeating Warb- 

 ler; until a closer examination re- 

 vealed the lining of black rootlets. 



Both parents returned while I was 

 getting my camera ready, and made 

 full identification easy. It was placed 

 in the same situation where the Worm- 

 eater often build ; on a steep hillside, 



Plate No. 31 — "Nest and eggs of the Kentucky Warbler in Pennsylvania." 

 Photo May 28, 1905 by Thomas H. Jackson. 



lets, is perhaps as characteristic of 

 the Kentucky Warbler construction as 

 the Worm-eaters favorite and beauti- 

 ful material — the red stems of the 

 Hair Moss, used for the same pur- 

 pose. 



The nest here illustrated was one of 

 the handsomest I have ever found; 

 both in regard to its construction and 

 its location. 



under a Laurel bush. It was also well 

 sunken into the dead leaves in the 

 ground and perfectly concealed. 



The Kentucky Warbler does its full 

 share toward saving the Cowbird from 

 extinction. I recollect one nest some 

 years since, with four Cowbird's eggs, 

 and two of the owners. It was a poor- 

 ly concealed nest and an easy mark. 



As consistent members of the "Au- 



