52 NESTS AND EGGS OF N. A. BIRDS. 



places, and usually about ten or twelve feet up. I have seen two 

 nests that were attached to the side of the trunks of large trees at 

 the same height. 



The number of eggs laid is four and sometimes five." My collec- 

 tion contains several beautiful sets collected by Mr. Worthington, 

 between the ist and 15th of June, 1881. The^e are white, finely 

 sprinkled with reddish-brown dots, chielly at the larger end ; in 

 some forming a confluent ring. They measure from .62 to .65 of 

 an inch in length, and from .49 to .50 in breadth. 



89. PARULA rrn AYUMI INSULARIS. 



SOCORRO WARBLER. ** 



89a. PARULA PITIAYUMI NIGRILORA. 



SENNETT'S WARBLER. *« 



90. PERISSOGLOSSA TIGRINA. 



CAPE MAY WARBLER. 



Habitat, Eastern Province of United States, north to Lake 

 Winnipeg and Moose Factory. Breeds in Jamaica. 



"Its nest and eggs have not been, with a certainty, obtained in 

 the United States, though an egg obtained in Coventry, Vt., in 

 1830, and attributed at the time to this bird, closely resembles 

 its identified eggs from Jamaica. "-••** 



Mr. W. T. March of Jamaica, in his notes on the birds of that 

 Island, states that this species may ahvays be found, in its various 

 changes of plumage, about the mangrove swamps and river banks 

 «-;•:--:■:- fjg ^jgQ j-^-jgj- -with Several specimens of its nests and eggs, but 

 their position was not stated. The nests had a^jparently been ta- 

 ken from a bush or tree, were three and one-fourth inches in di- 

 ameter by two and one-half in height, with cavities unusually 

 large and deep for the size of the nests. They were wrought al- 

 most entirely of long strips of thin flexible bark, strongly and 

 firmly interwoven. The outer portions consisted of coarser and 

 longer strips, the inner being much finer and more delicate. 

 With the outer portions were also interwoven bits of mosses, 

 lichens, and the outer bark of deciduous trees. The entire fabric was 

 a remarkable one. 



