vals between the beginning and completion of the set, the eggs 

 were laid on- consecutive days, but in two or three instances it 

 was noticed that the laying missed a day. 



A nest just completed on June 2, contained a full complement 

 of four eggs on the 9th. Another nest about completed on the 

 first of June contained four eggs on the 8th. ( )ne commenced 

 on the 15th of May contained four eggs on the 22nd, and in 

 this case the female had missed a day during the laving, and 

 one observed to be about one-half done on May 14, contained 

 five eggs on the 21st, four of which were very slightly incu- 

 bated. 



From the evidence at hand, the height of the laving season 

 is from the 14th to the 24th of May, Five nests, containing 

 eggs were found in June — the last one on the 13th containing 

 three slightly incubated eggs; — and before the 14th of May 

 no full nest complements were found, but a record for young 

 ready to leave the nest on the 28th shows that the first egg 

 must have been deposited about the 5th and the set com- 

 pleted by the 10th. 



Sometimes they desert their eggs after the nest becomes 

 badly water-soaked from continued rains, but in fourteen days, 

 as I have observed on three occasions, the second nest was 

 built and the laying completed. 



A fact I have observed when the set was a large one — 

 of five or six eggs (which may or may not include a Cowbird's 

 eggs), — the eggs were arranged in two straight rows with the 

 points dove-tailing, and the whole extending lengthwise the 

 sitting bird's body.* 



The number of. eggs to the set varies from three to six; 

 the latter number beinsr extremelv rare, while all but one of 



*This pecularity of arrangement is seen in large sets of 

 other Warblers, and is of frequent occurrence with Kentucky 

 and Worm-eating Warblers, Louisiana Water-Thrush, Oven- 

 bird, Marvland Yellow-throat and Yellow-breasted Chat. 



