The Oologist. 



VOL. XVIII. NO. 12. ALBION. N. Y., DECEMBER. 1901. Whole No. 183^ 



The Oologist. 



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Warblers Found Breeding in Liver- 

 more Maine. 



Black and White Warbler iMni- 

 otilta varia.) Breeds, but its nests 

 are very hard to find. I think it is not 



an uncommon breeder in this locality, 

 and is found quite abundant during 

 migration. Earliest nest found May 

 25th, latest June 9th. Eggs 3 to 5 in 

 number, color "white, spotted in the 

 form of a "wreath around the large end 

 ■with hazel, lilac, che&tnut etc. Nest 

 composed of leaves, bark, pine needles, 

 grasses, lined "with horse hair, and hair 

 like roots. 



Nashville Warbler {Eelmintho- 

 phila rvjicapilla.) Fairly common 

 breeder in this locality. Its nest is 

 "well concealed and very hard to find 

 unless the bird is flushed from it. 

 Ear iest nest found May 31st, latest 

 July 5th. Eggs 3 to 5 in number. 

 Color "white, spotted over the entire 

 surface "with lilac, chestnut etc. Nest 

 composed of grasses, moss, pine needles 

 and hair, and sunk deep in the ground 

 so that the top of the nest is level wi:h 

 the surface. 



Northern Parula Warbler [Com- 

 psothJypis amerii-ana nsiiea ) Breeds, 

 and no doubt quite abunaantly in this 

 locality -where trees are found that 

 are laden "with the long gray moss the 

 usnea of the botanist, that is found in 

 such abundance throughout the forests 

 of Maine, but I have never found its 

 nest until this season. They "were 

 built in "woods near stagnant pools of 

 "water at a height of from 20 to 30 feet 

 from the ground. Earliest nest found 

 Jidy 9th, latest July 22d. Eggs 3 to 5 

 in number. Color white, speckled "with 

 bro"wn, chestnut, grayish etc. Nest 

 composed of the usnea moss. The 

 usnea moss in which one nest of this 

 species is built and which is in my col- 

 lection, measured 33 inches in length. 

 It was in a dead spruce, and is a beau- 

 tiful nest. 



