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this forms a most instructive case of 

 reversion to earlier habits. 



These are a part of the fruits of our 

 morniuii' walk ; the afternoon was given 

 to swamps and woods for botanical pur- 

 poses, ending with a nine miles spin on 

 a wheel home again with the feeling that 

 the day had been very profitably spent. 



A. L. Lane. 

 Waite's Landing, Portland Harbor. 



The Black-Throated Green Warbler. 



J. MERTON SWAIN. 



Crossbills in Gardiner. 



I saw a flock of Red Crossbills near 

 Gardiner, June 26th, 1899, with Avhich 

 were several White- winged Crossbills. 

 I got quite near the flock and could 

 easily distinguish them by both their 

 size and markings. H. R. Dill. 



Short notes from Northern Cumber- 

 land County. 



My daughter found a Hermit Thrush's 

 nest July 14lh, containing three eggs. 

 The nest was placed in the side of an 

 excavation within the right of way of 

 the B. & S. R. R. R. and less than ten 

 feet from one of the rails. Despite the 

 fact that no less than seven trains daily 

 passed the nesting site, the eggs all 

 hatched and the young flourished. 



Bio. A. H. Norton called, on me re- 

 cently with his i)ride. He identified one 

 of the birds in the Bi'idgton Academy 

 collection as a Lincoln's Sparrow. It 

 is a specimen that I collected heie in 

 North Bridgton in the fall of 1879. 



August 12th, Bro. Powers and I 

 found a Wood Pewee's nest containing 

 young, in a pine tree near the shore of 

 Long Lake, North Bridgton. Finding 

 this nest was a great pleasure to me, 

 for I had searched for them unsuccess- 

 fully for twenty-five years, although the 

 birds are common with us. 



J. C. Mead. 



At our last annual meeting, as I was 

 introduced to our editor, Mr. Morrell, 

 he remarked, "You are the fellow who 

 can find the nest of the Black-throated 

 Green Warbler." And so, later in the 

 day, I promised him I would write an 

 article on this Warbler, at some future 

 time, giving the modus operandi of 

 finding its nest. 



I remember well this most interesting 

 Warbler, as I used to watch it, busily 

 feeding about the foliage of the trees, 

 in the woods near my old home, when 

 but a child. And oft did I wonder what 

 was the name of this bright, beautiful 

 bird, with the patch of black on its 

 throat, always so busy, and ever and 

 anon giving utterance to its pleasing 

 song, which once heard is not to be for- 

 gotten, and is not like that of any other 

 Warbler. As a child I tried to English 

 it, and it said to me, Nee-nee-nee-du-dee. 

 This leisurely, the first three syllables 

 on the same pitch, the fourth one tone 

 lower, and the fifth one tone lower than 

 the fourtti. Then at times, it would 

 quicken its tones to ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-du- 

 dee. The first five at the same pitch of 

 voice, then lowering the last two as 

 before. 



Then at times, when leisurely feeding, 

 it would say in a drawly tone, and 

 pitched several tones lower than the 

 above two songs, de-de-de-du-dee. The 

 first two syllables slowly and at a low 

 pitch, the second slightly lower than the 

 first, the last three slightly quicker, 

 raising the tone on the fourth note and 

 dropping back to the same pitch on the 



