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of a Quaker clad little fellow, who sits 

 with (Iroopiug wiugsaud tail, comes the 

 plainjive notes oi pe-a-wce, pe-awee. 



Our first find was a Redstart's nest 

 containing twu fresh eggs, next a Wil- 

 son's Thrush with four, and a Black 

 billed Cuckoo's with Ave eggs. Then 

 followed several nests of the same spe- 

 cies and others of like catalogue value. 



While we were traversing a small 

 wooded swamp, trying all the while to 

 dodge the attaks of numberless mosqui- 

 toes, and to keep our feet from sinking 

 in the black and treacherous looking 

 mud, I caught sight of what, at first 

 sight, 1 supposed to be a Redstart's nest 

 placed on the ueai'ly horizontal branch 

 of an elm tree about thirty feet from 

 the ground on investigation the nest, 

 which was admirably concealed, was 

 fo4ind to contain four incul)ated eggs. 

 These did not look like the majority of 

 Redstart's eggs which we had seen, so 

 on the strength that it might be some- 

 thing rare, we hung around for some 

 time to see if we could get a glimpse of 

 the owner. At last our patience was 

 rewarded by, seeing a small bird slip qui- 

 etly on the nest. On attempting to climb 

 up again she Hew off and darted down 

 to within a few feet of us. where she 

 alighted on a small twig, thus giving us 

 ample opportunity to identify her as a 

 female Black-throated Green Warbler. 



Leaving the nest and eggs to be col- 

 lected on our way home, we struck off 

 through the neighiwringpiues to an ap- 

 l)le orchard where two weeks before a 

 female Ruby-throat had ijeen s(^en loit- 

 ering among the apple I)lossoms. We 

 had advanced about half way through 

 the Orchard without linding anything 

 beyond two nests of the Rcdej'ed Vireo, 

 when our advance was suddenly check- 

 ed by the humming sound made by mi- 

 nute wings. We quietly settled down 

 iuto the deep grass and proceeded to 

 follow the movemcnis of Mrs. Ruby- 

 throat. She llew about for some time, 

 and then alighted on a dead twig wliere 



she i)roceeded to make her toilet. Af- 

 ter she had completed her ablutions 

 ^he suddenly left her perch, darted into 

 the air and after hovering over us, seem- 

 ingly to discover whether we had any 

 designs upon her home or not, she al- 

 most as quick as a Hash, darted under 

 the spreading branches of an apple tree, 

 and after ])oising for the space of half a 

 second, settled down upon her lichen- 

 covered home. 



Few collectors need a description of 

 the nest or eggs of the Ruby-throated 

 Hummingbird, and so I will not attempt 

 a description of my find, but I must say 

 that although I have in the course of 

 my wanderings over field and wood- 

 loud, found several of these beautiful 

 fairy like structures yet the feeling of 

 exultation is just as strong and ever}' 

 newly found nest seems to be more 

 beautiful than all its predecessors. 



By this time we felt thoi'oughly satis- 

 lied with ouv days success, and although 

 regardless of the fact that we had not 

 eaten our lunch, we set out for home, 

 and were soon enjoying all the discom- 

 foi'ts of a "cold dinner." 



On visiting the situation of the Ruby- 

 throat's nest two weeks later, another 

 nest was discovered in the process of 

 construction, in the same tree and with- 

 in a yard of the old nest. This nest was 

 never fully completed, possibly on ac- 

 count of the heavy rains which came 

 the next week. 



Walteu C. Jone-s, 

 Bradford, Mass. 



The Genus Thryothorus- 



Tliryolhorus Uulovician us 

 Tliryutkonis bewickii. 



The genus Thryothorus in North 

 American ornithology embraces two 

 species, Thryothorus ludoviciamis, and 

 Thryothorus bewickii, commonly known 

 as the Carolina and Bcnvick's Wrens. 



Tiie habitat of tln' lirst is in the south 



