He had no doubt that it was placed on the ground, but though 

 carefully sought for, it was not discovered. 



Though not an uncommon bird in certain sections of the 

 country, the Nashville Warbler has escaped the observation of 

 most of our naturalists. Mr, Audubon never obtained but three 

 or four specimens. 



Richardson and Swainson obtained only a single specimen, 

 Wilson only three, and Mr. Nuttall mentions only one, seen near 

 Salem. It is a rather common bird in Wisconsin, and by no 

 means an uncommon bird in Vermont. It is quite possible that 

 more attention to its localities may show it to be not so rare in 

 this State as has been supposed. 



The nest found by Mr. Wells contained young birds, and a 

 single egg. The nest was placed on the ground, in a dry place, 

 among fallen leaves, and in the shelter of a thicket of young oak 

 trees. The egg is ^f in length by ^ an inch in breadth, and in 

 its shape is very nearly spherical, with one end more pointed 

 than the other. The ground color is white, delicately tinged 

 with pink, and spotted over the entire surface with dark purple 

 and purplish-brown spots ; these are larger around one end, and 

 are there gathered into a beautiful ring or wreath of confluent 

 markings of various shades of purplish-brown. The nest was 

 not taken, but left for the benefit of its occupants. 



Dr. Brewer also stated that he was indebted to the same gen- 

 tleman for the nest and eggs of the Sylvicola pardalina, or Canada 

 Flycatcher. This is by no means a common bird, nor are its 

 nest and eggs known to have been obtained before with any 

 certainty. Mr. Audubon speaks of having seen its nest in the 

 great pine forest of Pennsylvania ; but he described it as found in 

 a location quite different from the present instance. Mr. Wilson 

 never met with its nest, or even with a female bird. Mr. Nuttall 

 knew nothing of its breeding habits, and Richardson and Swain- 

 son met with no specimens of it in the fur region. Several 

 years since, Dr. Brewer received an egg from northern Vermont, 

 the parents of which were so well described that he had no difficulty 

 in recognizing them as this bird, and the eggs from Lynn con- 

 firm the correctness of his supposition. The nest was found in 

 low swampy ground, and was built at the foot of a tussock of 

 thick grass, on the ground. It was constructed almost entirely 



