lo8 NBSTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS. 



in as if to form a barricade around the brim. The lining con- 

 sisted of fine strips of grape-vine and inner-bark of the oal<. to- 

 gether with some straws. This nest contained four young l)irds 

 about two days old." Since that date Mr. Rhoads lias written 

 that several nests have been taken in Chester and Delaware 

 counties, of Pennsylvania, where they seem to l)reed regularlv. 

 The eggs of this warVjlcr measure about .f/6 1)\ .:^() of an 

 inch, and are white, sparsel}' sprinkled with red lish-l)ro\vn 

 dots, mainly towards the larger end. The\- arc well described 

 by one collector as ''just tiie size of those of Llirysoniitris 

 tristis. but less pointed." Two broods are stated to be raised 

 in a season, in the \\ armer states, the first appearing late in 

 May and the second early in Julv. (PI. X. Fig. 62.) 



62bis. LAWRENCE'S WARBLER. 

 IIELMINTIIOPHAG.V LAWRENCII. Herrick. 



Two specimens of this novelty have been taken in northern 

 JVezv yerscy ; but no information in regard to breeding habits 

 lias been obtained thus far. (Pi. x. Fig. 62*.^) 



63. THE GOLDEN-'WINGED WARBLER. 



HELMINTHOPHAGA CHRYSOPTERA (Z/;/;/.) Bd. 



This prettv \\arblcr has a summer distribution through the 

 eastern United States into New England and Canada, and 

 westward to the plains, but is everywhere rather uncommon, 

 though, according to Mr. H. A. Purdie, it occurs in consider- 

 able numbers in eastern Massachusetts. 



Some recent narratives of the nidification of these warblers 

 have given much new information. It* appears that thev arrive 

 in Massachusetts (nearly their northern limit) during the sec- 

 ond week of May, soon pair, and begin to build their nests, eggs 

 being laid from the 5th to the I3th of June. The same dates 

 are true of the Great-Lakes region. In Virginia the time is a 



