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blackburnice.) I consider this a very 

 rare breeder in this locality, but is fair, 

 ly common during migration. I have 

 never found its nest, but have taken 

 their young just out of the nest, and 

 have observed them feeding their young 

 in the tree tops in a woods of pine, cedar 

 and fir. 



This past season the date at which I 

 took the youDg was July 29th. No 

 doubt fresh eggs could be obtained in 

 the latter part of June in this locality. 

 Next season I hope to record a nest and 

 eggs of this species from Livermore. 



Black THROATED Greek Warbler 

 {Dendroica virens.) Common summer 

 resident and no doubt a common breed- 

 er in this locality, although I have found 

 but few nests. 



Earliest nest found June 8th, latest 

 June 26th. • 



Eggs three or four in number; color, 

 white, with a wreath around the large 

 end of rufous lilac, chestnut and brown- 

 ish spots, although some are spotted 

 over their entire surface. 



Nest is composed of bark strips, dead 

 grasses, hair and sometimes feathers; 

 lined with fine down and hair, and all 

 that I have seen were built from five to 

 fifteen feet from the ground. 



Pine Warbler (Dendroica vigorsii .) I 

 think this species is a common summer 

 resident in Livermore, although very 

 few nests are found and I do not think 

 it is found breeding very abundant in 

 any part of the state. 



I have had the good luck to find two 

 nests, each containgfour eggs, one June 

 14th, the other July 6th, both built in 

 small pine in thi^k coniferous woods, 

 one about fifteen feet up and the other 

 only six or seven feet from the ground. 



Eggs white or grayish white, spotted 

 and blotched with brownish lilac and 

 blackish in the form of a wreath around 

 the large end, the rest of the egg spar- 

 ingly marked. 



The nests are composed of fine strips 

 of bark from the birch and grapevine, 



find dead grasses and a few fine twigs, 

 and are deeply hollowed and lined with 

 fine dead grasses, hair and hair like 

 roots, and warm mosses, and are very 

 thick and warmly made. 



Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapillus.) A 

 common breeder in this locality. I 

 have found many nests of this species 

 and I do not consider them hard to 

 find. 



The most beautiful nest and eggs of 

 this bird that I have ever seen was one 

 that I found in the month of June, 1898, 

 in the town of Leeds, Me., near the An- 

 droscoggin Lake, that I have mentioned 

 in The Oologist, Feb. issue, 1900, page 

 26. 



Well do 1 remember that night, for it 

 was after the day had past and the sun 

 had gone down below the western hills, 

 and night was coming on. With my 

 naturalist friend, Mr. J. E. Teague, of 

 Livermore, who has been my compan- 

 ion on many a camping expedition, I 

 was climbing a hill to view a cavern far 

 up the hillside among the ledges. Every- 

 thing was silent, not a breath stirred 

 the leaves of the giants of the forest, 

 and from the hilltop we could look out 

 over the silent waters of beautiful An- 

 droscoggin Lake, dotted with its many 

 islands, its waters glistening like silver 

 under the rays of the risins? moon. That 

 one could always go through life as calm 

 and peaceful as this. A scene like this 

 brings one nearer to his Creator and 

 fills him with more noble purposes. It 

 seemed as though I was looking into 

 another world as we stood looking out 

 on to this grand sight. 



The silence was broken from a clump 

 of bushes near by. There came to us 

 the mournful notes of the Whip-poor- 

 will, then from the deep dark forest the 

 hoot of an Owl was heard, then silence; 

 then from far out on the lake came the 

 mournful screams of a pair of Loons 

 that were nesting there, then silence 

 again. Night had come and all nature 

 was at rest. 



