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spot where the old one had been. This nest was of the usual 

 pointed shape. Both of these nests were lined with straw — 

 no feathers being used. 



This summer (1904) what I believe to be the same pair 

 of birds built a nest on top of a strip of wood about five inches 

 wide. This nest is shaped almost like a Phoebe's, being a 

 high circular nest. The centre of this nest was made almost 

 entirely of feathers into which the eggs sank and were almost 

 hidden from view. While the female sat upon the nest lay- 

 ing an egg the male would always be perched upon a near-by 

 stick, apparently on guard. 



It is a wonder these birds selected this place for a nesting 

 site as it is just above a door where people are passing every 

 little while all day long. In constructing this nest the birds 

 made themselves just about twice as much work as they 

 would have had building one of the half cone style. As I be- 

 lieve they were successful in rearing all their former broods 

 this new style of nest was hardly built for more protection. 

 Whether it is less arduous for them to build a nest on a solid 

 foundation than to fasten it to the side of a beam 1 am unable 

 to say. At any rate this circular nest took just about double 

 the material for its construction. 



LAWRENCE WARBLER {^Helmintlwphila /aicrencei) 

 BREEDING IN BRONX PARK, NEW YORK CITY. 



BY GEORGE E. HIX. 



On May 18, Dr. Wm. Wiegman found a typical male 

 Lawrence Warbler (Helminthophila lawrencei') mating with a 

 female Blue- winged Warbler {H. pinus). At that time they 

 were collecting material but the nest was not found until after 

 the young, six in number, were hatched. I first saw Lawrence 

 on the nth of June. At that time the young had apparently 

 been hatched a couple of days. On the 17th the nest was 

 empty, but contained fresh excrement. When last seen there 

 was nothing to show whether the young birds would be typi- 



