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nest with food. Then it was found out that 1 had been 

 sitting within 10 feet of her nest and onee during that time 

 she liad perched upon the stick al)ove the ne.st. I did not see 

 it (hiring my first hunt for it. At tliis time the young birds 

 were only a few days old and S(iuii'ined so much that they 

 spoiled the negative of the nest. 



I notified Mr. George L. Fordyce, of Youngstown, Ohio, of 

 my find, and on the 18th he and ]Mr. John L. Young came to 

 Salem and got to see the old and young birds. At this time, 

 too. I obtained the negative of the young in the nest, for 

 they were old enough to remain perfectly quiet. 



On the next visit to the place the nest was empt^^ and I 

 trust that the young made a safe getaway. Later I got the 

 nest and brought it home. It is a rather bulky affair com- 

 pjosed of dead leaves, the most of which no doubt were on 

 the ground and were simply pushed aside, while the nest 

 proper is composed of wild grapevine bark, grass and rootlets 

 with a lining of very fine rootlets and many horse hairs. 



Prof. Wells W. Cooke, of the biological survey, in acknowl- 

 edging my report says: "You are to be congratulated on 

 finding the nest of the Kentucky warbler. It is a very rare 

 bird in northeastern Ohio. We have probably six or ten 

 records of it at different times and places, but no actual 

 finding of the nest. ' ' 



And here's a wish that they may continue to come and 

 multiply and spread over adjacent districts so that other 

 observers may list them. And in concluding may I suggest 

 that the casual observer look closely at what he thinks are 

 i\Iaryland yellowthroats that he finds in the thick underbrush 

 of the woodlands, and follow up all "oven-bird" songs that 

 sound the least bit off tune? I verily believe that many 

 observers have missed the Kentucky warbler on the two above 

 suggestions. 



