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used. Nests from California in my collection are deficient of the lichens 

 on the outside, those from Texas are similar to the typical Ohio nest. 



Hab. United States, north to Mass. 



28. Plumbeous Gnatcatcher — polioptila plumbea. Mr. Wm. Brew- 

 ster in the Bulletin of the Nuttall Club for April, 1882, describes an egg 

 of this bird to be of a pale greenish-blue, coarsely and very evenly spotted 

 with reddish brown, size .53 by .42. This egg with the nest was collected 

 at Yuma, Arizona, July 15. The nest was placed in a bunch of mistletoe, 

 at a height of about eight feet from the ground. Mr. Brewster remarks 

 that although a delicate structure the nest will not compare with that of 

 the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, entirely lacking the exterior coating of lichens, 

 but in its general appearance closely resembles the Redstart's, being felted 

 with soft bark-strips and hemp-like vegetable fibres. It was lined with plant 

 down, a few feathers and the hair of some small quadruped. Black-capped 

 Gnatcatcher is another name for this bird. Hab. Arizona. 



30. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet — regulus calendula. Uniform dirty 

 cream-color; in some there, are fine hair lines of a darker tint at the larger 

 end, others are spotted, six to nine in number and average .55 by .43. 

 More eggs of this species must be obtained before the prevailing type is 

 determined. A nest found in Colorado by Dr. J. C. Merrill was a beau- 

 tiful felted mass of hair and feathers, mixed with moss and fibres of weeds. 

 It was found June 18, 1881, and was in a spruce about eighteen feet from 

 the ground and placed directly against the trunk, supported by a single 

 branch beneath and by several twigs to which the sides were firmly at- 

 tached, a^h. Whole of North America. 



33. Golden-Crowned Kinglet — regulus satrapa. Creamy-white, cov- 

 ered with very obscure spots of purplish slate so as to give a dingy ap- 

 pearance to the egg; size about .50 by .40. A nest containing ten eggs 

 supposed to be of this species is described by Dr. Brewer as consisting of 

 a large ball of moss, with an opening at the top. It was in one of the 

 thick bunches of moss so common to fir-trees. This nest was found near 

 Bangor, Maine. It was situated six feet from the ground. 



Hab. North America. 



35. Ground-Tit; Wren-Tit — cham^a fasciata. Pale greenish-blue, 

 unspotted, the complement is usually three, sometimes four, and measure 

 .70 by .52. The nest is firmly put together, composed of straw, twigs 

 and feathers lined with grass and hair. The cavity measures about three 

 inches in width and three-fourths deep. The nest is usually placed 

 a few feet from the ground in shrubs. This bird is confined to the coast 

 region of California. 



