166 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 81. 



The nesting place was so unusual that the owner of the 

 place, although not greatly interested in birds and knowing 

 scarcely any by name, had become very much interested in 

 his tenants. 



After the nest was discovered the pavilion was used as 

 before and the birds seemingly were not at all disturbed by 

 the coming and going of visitors. 



By standing on a camp chair it was easily possible to look 

 down into the nest and see the little mother on the eggs with- 

 out disturbing her. Not wishing to frighten the birds a very 

 hurried view was taken, and the writer supposed he had seen 

 onl}' an unusually placed nest of the common Yellow Warbler. 

 You can perhaps imagine his surprise and delight a fev\' 

 minutes later, to see on a nearby tree a pair of Prothonotary 

 W arblers. A second examination of the nest was made to be 

 positive as to the identification. This revealed five beauti- 

 fuly marked eggs, and a nest entirely different from that of 

 the Yellow Warbler, and typical of the Prothonotary. 



The mother bird soon returned to the nest, perching on 

 the edge of the lantern before entering, and the ringing 

 song of the male was then heard from a large willow tree 

 across the river. 



Within about a week the five eggs were replaced by five 

 very hungry little warblers, and both parents were kept ex- 

 ceedingly busy carrving worms to their family. For some 

 undiscovered reason all the young birds died before the 16th 

 of July. Whether the public location of the nest finally dis- 

 turbed the old birds so that they did not feed the little ones 

 enough, it is impossible to say. 



The location of the nest was not only remarkable for be- 

 ing in the lantern, but for the fact that only a few hundred 

 feet away was the " Q " railroad bridge with its noisy trai- 

 fic day and night. 



Shortly after the discovery of the identity of the occupants 

 of the nest, it was the writer's privilege to meet the lady 

 who made the first record of the Prothonotary Warbler nest- 

 ing at Riverside, Mrs. P. K. Solger. 



