28 JOURNAI. OP MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A Lowly Home. 



Nest and Young of the Nashville Warbler. 



By CoRDRMA J. Stanwood, IDllsworth, Maine. 

 About the middle of May, the Nashville Warbler returns from 

 a winter sojourn in Mexico or Texas. Nearly the color of the 

 newly-come foliage, it can be distinguished with difficulty from the 

 catkins of the willows, on which it often feeds. It is well-nigh im- 

 possible to make out its markings, as it flits from the top of birch to 

 larch, from larch to birch, a restless member of a restless family. 

 My first observation of this bird I well remember. I no sooner 

 located it in one tree than it was minded to seek the summit of a 

 tree in the swale across the field. Valiantly I trudged from one 

 swamp to the other for the hundredth time, only to perceive my 

 elusive Warbler friend had changed his mind. He preferred his for- 

 mer feeding ground after all. This keeping to the tree-tops was 

 mere perversity. The bird gathers its fare at other times on the 

 ground and from the lowest branches to the topmost twigs of the 



trees. 



1906. 



May 30. First seen. 



June 26. Nest of five young birds nearly ready to leave. 



1907. 

 May 18. First seen. 



June 16. Nest with five eggs, bird sitting. 



Aug. 7. Nest of three eggs, bird sitting; by the 14th birds 



nearly covered with green-gray feathers. 



1908. 

 May 14. First seen. 



June 20. Four eggs, bird sitting. 



July I. Three little birds ready to leave. Circumstances 



seemed to indicate some had already departed. 



1909. 

 May 8. First seen. 



June 13. Five birds, lately hatched. 



