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noticed there was the Magnolia Warbler. Everywhere we heard 

 the sprightly song of the male far up in the hemlocks. Of all 

 the Warblers in this region, I should call this the most abund- 

 ant. The nests are loosely-made structures of coniferous twigs, 

 and from five feet to twenty feet above the ground. One taken 

 on June 11th held four fresh eggs. The parents are very fear- 

 less in the protection of their homes, flitting about with ex- 

 panded tails like the Redstart, and uttering a startled "chip." 

 From far up in the hemlocks we could hear the " que-e-e " of 

 the Olive-sided Flycatcher, and on August 20, 1905, I was 

 fortunate enough to come upon a family of these birds, parents 

 and three young. The latter, though fully able to fly, continu- 

 ally followed the old ones about the hemlocks with drooping 

 wings and expanded tails, frequently uttering their "que-e" 

 and begging for food. With the Olive-sided Flj'catcher, the 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet is found, but all search for their nests 

 was in vain. In a single clump of giant hemlocks two or three 

 pairs were located by the songs of the males. This is an ener- 

 getic eft'ort well described by Chapman, and the performer is 

 far more easily heard than seen. Tlie Kinglets seem to frequent 

 the very tops of the tallest trees, and in a whole morning spent 

 in watching them we did not see one at a closer range than fifty 

 feet. Under these difficulties, and with innumerable hordes of 

 bloodthirsty mosquitoes, it is small wonder that nests are rarely 

 found. 



In comisany with the Kinglets the Blackburnian and Black- 

 throated Green Warblers are found, and rather to my surprise 

 we met with the Pine Warbler frequentlj', and their Chippy-like 

 song was a feature of some sections of the woods. Very often 

 was the insect-like "zee-zee-zee-zee" of the Black-throated 

 Blue Warbler heard, and Mr. Long found a beautiful little 

 nest on June 17th. The Black-throated Blue bj'no means con- 

 fines itself to any one kind of land, but was found everywhere 

 — in the swampy undergrowth, either in the high decidu- 

 ous trees, or far up in the hemlocks. Of course the Ovenbird 

 is found breeding commonly all through these woods, and their 

 habits are essentially the same as in the lower Delaware valley. 

 In the low laurel thickets along the streams the Canadian 



