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and this is tlie data that I wrote : name, 

 Black and White Warbler; locality, 

 Livermore, Maine; date, June 9. 1897 ; 

 incubation, well advanced; No. of eggs, 

 five ; identity, female flushed from nest. 

 Nest built on the east side of woods, at 

 foot of uprooted tree, open to the south, ^ 

 roofed over with the dirt and roots of 

 the tree, and deeply imbedded in it. 

 Nest composed of dead leaves and 

 fine strips of bark and a few dead grass- 

 es, lined with a few hairs and hairlike 

 roots. A large, bulky nest for so small 

 a bird. 



The eggs, five in number, coloi- white 

 speckled and spotted with chestnut and 

 hazel, in the form of a wreath around 

 the large end, so thick as to cover the 

 surface of the egg. The rest of the 

 egg thinly spotted. The above de- 

 cribes four of the eggs. The fifth was 

 much smaller and was thickly sprinkled 

 over its entire surface with fine chestnut 

 and hazel dots. As Davie says, in his 

 valu:ible work, "Nests and Eggs of N. 

 A. Birds," fourth edition : "This 

 Warblers' eggs have an individuality of 

 their own which enables one to distin- 

 guish them from the eggs of any other 

 Warbler," and I think this is correct. 



After I had examined the nest and 



eggs, I turned my attention to the bird, 

 which was flying around near. Stepping 

 behind a small bush, I kept quiet and in 

 a few moments the bird returned to the 

 nest. I then crept up to the nest and 

 examined the bird to my satisfaction 

 and then departed. 



I did not have time to return to the 

 nest again. Without doubt the eggs 

 hatched in a few days. On May 25th, 

 1899, I found my second nest of the 

 Black and White Warbler. It was in 

 the deep woods, built in a decayed hem- 

 lock stump, fifteen iuches from the 

 ground, composed of nearly the same 

 material as the first. It contained four 

 fresh eggs. 



Next season I mean to give my spare 

 time to the study of this interesting 

 family of birds, — the "Warblers. 



Fellow naturalists, I should be pleased 

 to receive notes from all who are inter- 

 ested in the advancement of the study of 

 true Ornithology and Oology. Let us 

 unite in this great cause and study and 

 protect our feathered friends as we 

 would our own lives. For were it not 

 for the birds where would the sunshine 

 and joy of this world be? 



Guy H. Briggs, 



Livermore, Maine. 



