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July 13. 4.30 P. M., visited the nest of the Ovenbird. The 

 bird was entirely inside. One would never have suspected that a 

 bird was concealed within that little mass of moss and leaves. 

 When I knelt before the nest the bird flew forth with an explosive 

 report of the wings. She flew about two yards to a place of conceal- 

 ment, but made no sound. The eggs were still unhatched. 



July 14. When I went to the nest in the afternoon the dam 

 drew herself in out of sight and remained perfectly quiet. At last, 

 when I became very close, she hopped with outspread wings to the 

 covert she sought yesterday. She uttered no sound. Four little 

 birds were within the dark recesses of the nest, but I could see 

 almost nothing as the entrance of the nest was toward the east. 

 This was the twelfth day of incubation. The young were undoubt- 

 edly hatched in the morning. 



July 19. 2 P. M., visited the nest of the Ovenbird the begin- 

 ning of the sixth day. About all I could see was the yellow beak 

 of one young bird. The young seemed to be dark grey-brown in 

 color, similar to a young Nashville Warbler or a young J unco (I 

 am sure of their coloration, as in 1909 I found a nest of quite mature 

 birds, the entrance faciug the north and in a good light) . The par- 

 ent birds called cke/i, cheh, cheh. 



July 22. End of the eighth day. On my way to the nest of 

 the Ovenbird in the morning, I was greeted by one of the parent 

 birds that flew through the trees with erected crest, calling. The 

 nest was empty. 



There was a heavy shower the night before and the little domi- 

 cile was very wet. This may have hastened the exit of the young 

 birds. The fact that the parent birds knew that their nest was 

 discovered undoubtedly added to their anxiety to leave. The solici- 

 tude of the parent birds showed that the young were in the neigh- 

 borhood. The entrance to the nest had been disturbed in nowise. 

 A spray of moss still hung across it. Several masses of fresh excre- 

 ment just outside the nest would tend to indicate that the young 

 had but now come from it. The structure was so full of quill casings 



