56 NESTS AND EGGS OF N. A. BIRDS. 



The nest he describes as placed in the forks of a low tree or 

 bush, partly pensile, projecting a little above the twigs to which it 

 is attached, and extending below them nearly two inches. The 

 outer part is composed of fibres of vines and the stalks of herbace- 

 ous plants, with slender roots arranged in a circular. The ne5t is 

 lined with fine dry fibres of the Spanish moss. 



The eggs are five in number, of a pure white, with a few reddish 

 spots about the larger end." 



99. DENDRCECA PENNSYLVANICA. 



CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER. 



During the migrations, the Chestnut-Sided Warbler is a com- 

 mon species of the Eastern United States ; in the northern parts 

 of which it breeds. The nest is a rather loosely woven mass of 

 weedy, downy, and fibrous substances. The interior is more close- 

 ly woven of fine grassesjf with an occasional horse-hair. It is lined 

 with wooly vegetable fibres and a few hairs of small quadrupeds 

 These nests are usually very firmly bound to the smaller branches 

 by silky fibres from the cocoons of various insects. The favorite 

 situation is low bushes in swampy or marshy places. The nests 

 vary from two and a half inches in external height, with a diameter 

 of from three to four inches. The cavity is about two inches deep. 



The eggs are of an oblong-oval shape the ground-color is a rich 

 creamy-white, spotted chiefly about the greater end, with shades 

 from light reddish to various darker browns. They meas- 

 ure .65 by .49. 



100. • DENDRCECA CASTANEA 



BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. 



Habitat, Eastern Province of North America to Hudson's Bay ; 

 Guatemala South to Isthmus of Darien. 



"Mr. Maynard found this species the most abundant of the 

 Sylvicolidce at Lake Umbagog, where it breeds. Two nests 

 were taken in June. One was found June 3, in a tree 

 by the side of a cart-path in the woods, just com- 

 pleted. It was built in the horizontal branch of a hemlock twenty 

 feet from the ground, and five or six from the trunk of the tree. 

 By the 8th of June it contained three fresh eggs. The other was 



