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side. Failing to locate the nesting place of a pair of Worm- 

 eating Warblers in the Oak Bottom, although they were chip- 

 ping about an excellent place for a nest, 1 next searched the 

 Black Swan Patch for the Blue-wing Warbler without success. 

 Just back of this half acre on a wooded hillside facing east, 1 

 located a Worm-eater's completed nest. 1 twas under huckle- 

 berry sprouts close to path. A pair of birds have nested within 

 a radius of less than fifty yards on this hillside ever since 1895 

 to m>' knowledge. This nest contained five eggs of the owner 

 and one of the Cowbird by June 3rd. At the foot of the same 

 hill, between the creek and public road, I heard a slight rustle 

 in the leaves and observed a Kentucky Warbler steal away from 

 her nest at the foot of a spicewood sprout, some yards away. 

 Although in a comparatively clear and open spot, the nest was 

 well hidden. Here again the Cowbird had imposed upon the 

 owner and she had but two eggs. 



In the afternoon 1 watched two or three pairs of Kentucky 

 Warblers for awhile. The ravines above the h'on Ore Hole 

 appeared uninhabited by the Worm-eater, which is not at all 

 surprising. In former years I have known three separate nests 

 to have been built and destroyed in a fortnight. Red squirrels 

 or mice were the probable disturbers. Further down to an- 

 other small ravine, I almost stepped upon the nest which was 

 under a huckleberry spray. 1 was looking along the bank 

 which is scarcely four feet high, when I heard a rustle at my 

 left in time to note the Worm-eater trailing up the opposite bank. 

 The location was a puzzle for a momont when 1 found it at my 

 feet on level ground. It contained five eggs. The Maryland 

 Yellow-throat had her nest in a clump of wild plants at the edge 

 of an oozy bog in the midst of Latch's Swamp. The two eggs 

 were subsequently increased to four. The three pairs of 

 Blue-winged Warblers inhabiting this place eluded me. I doubt 

 not but that many more fledglings are raised in this swamp 

 since 1 shot the head off of an immense black snake which dis- 

 puted with me the right to a narrow path. Why is it that al- 

 most all creatures destructive to injurious rodents are equally 

 hard on nestlings .-' 



May 29th seen me in the woods at 6.30 A. M. An appar- 



