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iiiff two young Itii'ds iiol more lliiiii one 

 (lay out of the .shell; the two previous 

 nights we had severe frosts that de- 

 stroyed vegetables . 



101. Enipidonax acddir/is ((jJiiiel.), 

 Aeadiaii Flyeatelun- (465). — A rare sum- 

 mer resident. June 14, 1887, I seeured 

 nest, eggs and fi-iua'.e of this species. 

 The nest is ))ensih', an<l eom))os(Ml of 

 ^he liber of thistl" and dried grasses; a 

 number of the latter hang from tlie 

 nest, some as long as 18 inelies. The 

 nest is more shallow than that of the | 

 red-eyed vireo; outside measurement 

 i)eing 2.r)0 wide by LTjO deej), insid(> 1.75 i 

 1.00, Eggs ereiini white witli a few 

 dark brown s])ots at large end. ^^'hell 

 I lirst saw the nest 1 took it for a wisp . 

 of grass eaught on the limb, and should | 

 have pa.ssed it liatl I not seer, tpe bird 

 on the same limb. 



116. IjO.cia cnrviros t r <( iiiiiiur 

 (Brehm.), Amerit-an ("rossljill (.^;21). — 

 An oeeasional si)ring visitor. On June 

 8, 1838, I set'ured a male s])eeimeu in a 

 ])ieee of Ih',i\'>' timbered \\-ood. I eoii- 



elnded it 



a "stra<;tt-ler, 



and did 



not looic tor its nest. On Jnly 28 1 

 saw anotlier in tlie sanu? i)laee, but ilid 

 not sueeeed in securing it, and I eame 

 to the eonelnsioii th.at the male taken 

 in June was of a pair lireeding there. 



148. Virco Jl-AVlfroiis (Vieill.), Yel- 

 low-throated Vireo (628).— A ratlier rare 

 stmimer re.sident. On June 8, 1888, I 

 found a nest of this speeies, l)ut was un- 

 able to get it. 



150. Mniotillit ritrid (Linn.), Blacdv 

 anil Wliite Warbler (636). — A common 

 migrant. June 14, 1888, I saw a male 

 of this species and a male I'uljy-llirout- 

 ed hmnming bird disputing as to tlie 

 ))o.sse,ssiou of a ei'rtain locality, and the 

 humming l)ird "held the fort." As I 

 had never l)efore seen M. r>iri(( here 

 later than the middle of May I conclud- 

 ed there must be a pair breeding, but I 

 did not succeed in tinding the nest. 



I.).")-. Dc/iflroira fccru/esccns (Gmel.), 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler (054).— A 



very common migrant. 1 tliink a lew 

 remain to breed as I haveol>served tiiem 

 iu two instances as late as July 14 and 

 15. 



158. DendroLca rcfriiha (Wils.j, Ceru- 

 lean Wai-bler (658).— Until tiie i)ast sea- 

 son (1888) I have considered tliis a very 

 rare niigr.ant, lia\ingseen but tvvi)si)ec- 

 imens, both males, in ten yea.is eolh'ct- 

 ing; l)ut (iui-ing the ])ast season 1 i'ound 

 three nests, two of which Isf'cured w itli 

 three eggs each, and the two females 

 taken as tiiey left the nests. On Nov. 

 8 I sent to Ca])t. I has. PI Bendire a 

 nest and ihvw eggs for tlu^ Smithsonian 

 Tnstitidion co]!(>ction, having learni il 

 that there was bntoneegg of this species 

 the collection, and without data or lo- 

 cality. .Sec^ Auk for October, 1888, j). 

 4)50, "Breeding of /J. cr/v/A ;/ in Niaga- 

 ra c()unty, N. Y."' 



UVd. Drndroirrt r/rc«.s({imel.), Black- 

 throated (Ji-een Warbler (667).— A com- 

 mon migrant, and a few stoj) to bi-eed. 

 I have never yet found the nest and 

 eggs but have seen thebird late in June, 

 and on June 24, 1888, I found a young 

 of this s[)ecies i!na!)le to Hy, Ih.e male 

 parent being with it. 



!r>7. (ifolliJijpis ]ilnl(i(lfl]iliii( (Wiis.), 

 Motituing Warl)ler (679). — A rai'e mi- 

 grant. On June 8, 1888, I saw :\ m.ale 

 of this six'cies and could have seciu-ed 

 it, l)Ut thinking it had a nest near by 1 

 preferred watching it and to tind its 

 nest, but did not succeed. June !1 1 

 again visited the same i)lace and saw .i 

 female of this species, but aftci' a seai'ch 

 of three hours I failed to lind the nest. 



171. f<i:l<j]ili(t(ia rulirilht (Linn, i, 

 Amei-ican l\ed>tart (687). — A conunon 

 resident. June 14, 1888, I found .i ])aii- 

 of this s))ecies occu])ying an old nest of 

 the red-eyed \ ireo. They had relined 

 it, and laid two eggs; and a cowi)ird 

 had added another. I put the female 

 otf th(^ nest three times before 1 could 

 believe it to be a redstart, as this s])e- 

 eies is genernlly so ])articidar aiiout its 

 nest. I have never known a nest to be 



