WARBLERS, 6$ 



sprinkled dottings of reddish-brown. But slight variations of mark- 

 ing occurs, and that mainly with regard to the relative size of the 

 blotches upon the greater ends. They measure, respectively, .75 by 

 .63, .78 by .64, .75 by .63, .76 by .62, .76 by .62, .75 by .61.— 

 William Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn., Club, July, 1878, pp. 133, 

 134- 



118. OPORORNIS AGILIS. 



CONNECTICUT WARBLER. ** 



119. OPORORNIS FORMOSA. 



KENTUCKY WARBLER. 



This Warbler is an abundant species in the Southern States. It 

 is recorded that Dr. J. P. Kirtland procured its nest and eggs near 

 Cleveland, Ohio. Frank W. Langdon in Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 October, 1879, makes note of a nest which he found near Madison- 

 ville, Hamilton County, Ohio. This he describes as "placed on the 

 ground at the root of a small elm sapling, was concealed by a sparse 

 growth of weeds, and consisted of two distinct portions. The foun- 

 dation was a saucer-shaped mass of beech and maple leaves loosely 

 interwoven with a few weed stems, and retained its shape sufficiently 

 well to permit careful handling without injury; surmounting this 

 basal portion was the nest proper, a rather bulky and inelegant 

 structure elliptical in shape, composed of dark-brown rootlets and 

 weed stems, with which were interwoven a few dried leaves. There 

 was also a trace of an effort at horse-hair lining, a half dozen hairs 

 perhaps being disposed around its interior. 



The eggs, which are four in number (exclusive of the Cowbird's 

 egg which accompanies them), are oblong-oval in shape, spotted 

 and speckled everywhere with reddish-brown and lilac on a glossy 

 white ground, the markings on two specimens being massed at the 

 larger end, while those on the other two form a distinct "wreath" 

 around the rather blunt apex. They were far advanced in incuba- 

 tion (May 28th), and measure, respectively, .72 by .54, .73 by .56, 

 •75t>y .56, .73by.55." 



