October, 1S92.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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black spruce situated in a swamp. I 

 passed the nest on going up the tree, and 

 saw it on the way down. Tiie nest is the 

 finest I have ever taken, being a fine large 

 one, well and compactly built, and is very 

 deep, and is composed of limbs of black 

 spruce and fir, and completely lined with 

 long gray moss that hangs from the dead 

 limbs. It held three beautiful eggs of a 

 creamy white, spotted at larger end with 

 a ring of chestnut, red and brown spots. 

 The old birds kept flying about me while 

 I was taking the nest, but I did not dis- 

 turb them, and trust that they may build 

 again and rear their young in peace. 



I also found another nest of the Ruby 

 Kinglet, which was full of young, and I 

 was pleased that the old birds had man- 

 aged to hide it so well, as I had been after 

 it a good many times before, and the com- 

 ical part of it is that it was on a black 

 spruce that I had gone up tzvice before, 

 but had failed to see it. I also found a 

 Myrtle Warbler's nest, with four young, 

 and took a nest of the Black-throated 

 Green, with four eggs, but regret to say 

 they were so badly incubated that I could 

 not save them, and the same sad fate 

 attended another set of the same species ; 

 so from this out I shall be very careful 

 what I take, as it is bad enough to take 

 the nests, but sad in the extreme when the 

 eggs and young are destroyed. 



June 26. Looked at Ruby Kinglet's 

 nest to-day that I found on 24th. It still 

 held the six eggs, so I concluded the set 

 complete and gathered it in. The eggs 

 were slightly incubated, but came out all 

 O.K. This is the second nest built by the 

 same bird this season. I then went and 

 took the first nest that this bird had built 

 and which held one egg, but unfortunately 

 trod upon it while on the ground and 

 broke the egg. I felt very sick then and 

 left for home. After dinner I went out 

 again, and found a nest of the Yellow- 

 bellied Flycatcher. This was built in the 



thick bushes about four feet up, situated 

 in a swamp, and right by where I took 

 them last year. The nest held only one 

 egg, so I did not disturb it. I also found 

 another nest of the Olive-backed Thrush, 

 with four eggs, blue spotted with red ; eggs 

 well incubated, but came out all safe. 

 The nest was up near the top of a little 

 spruce. I saw the ? leave the nest. I 

 also found and took a Black-capped Chick- 

 adee's nest with six eggs, but they were 

 badly incubated and I could only save 

 four, which I will use in my cases, with 

 the old birds. I also took nest of a Fly- 

 catcher, with three eggs. The nest was 

 out on a limb of a fir tree. The eggs ap- 

 pear to be slightly larger than the Least 

 Flycatcher, and are white with exception 

 of one, which shows a few red spots. 

 The bird was larger than the Least, and 

 showed a crest, nest is the same size as the 

 Least and made just like it, but all other 

 Least Flycatchers I have taken have been 

 way up in crutch of white birch trees. 

 What would you call this ? 



June 27. Off to the woods this morn- 

 ing ; was after another pair of the Olive- 

 sided Flycatchers that I had noticed about 

 last week, but they had moved away, and 

 were not to be found. I went over a good 

 many miles of ground in search of others, 

 but saw none. This species are rare and 

 their nests hard to find in this vicinity. 



I found another Black-throated Green 

 Warbler's nest, with four young, and had 

 a look at the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher's 

 found yesterday. It now holds two eggs. 



On my way home I heard the $ Ruby 

 Kinglet singing, belonging to the ? whose 

 nest I found building on the 5th and which 

 held one ^^Z-i which she deserted and 

 built another that I found on the 24th, 

 with six eggs, and took on 26th with same 

 number, and I was very much surprised 

 to find the ? busily engaged in carrying 

 materials for her third nest for this sea- 

 son. This time the nest is way up in a 



