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specimen near Charleston in July, 1833. After I had killed the bird I hunted for 

 the female and nest for several hours, but was unsuccessful. In the afternoon 

 I again visited the place and with the help of a friend, Lieut. J. D. Cozby, we 

 searched for the female and nest, but could find neither. No doubt whatever 

 exists in my mind that this bird was breeding and that his mate was incubating 

 or else building a nest, as the sexual organs of the male proved that procreation 

 was going on. This bird was certainly not a migrant as the migration of woodland 

 birds had passed. The latest migrant, the Gray-cheeked Thrush, was last noted 

 May 13, when a single bird was seen. I am positive that I have heard this song 

 nearly every summer in the same localities where the male was found, but I always 

 keep out of such places after April 10 on account of the myriads of ticks and red 

 bugs which infest them. Then, too, such places are simply impenetrable on ac- 

 count of the dense blackberry vines, matted with grape vines, fallen logs pilad 

 one upon another, and a dense growth of low bushes. In these jungles the rat- 

 tlesnake is at home and the stoutest heart would quail. 



Since the rediscovery of this bird on May 15, 1901, I have made 

 every exertion to find others, but it was not until May 14, 1904 

 that I succeeded in securing another specimen, which was taken 

 on the plantation of Mr. B. B. Furman, in Christ Church Parish, 

 Charle.ston county. On May 13, 1905, I discovered three pairs 

 of these birds, and succeeded in taking two young which were 

 being fed by their parents. The young male was being fed by 

 the adult male, and the young female by the adult female! The 

 old birds were not molested. These young birds were the first 

 ever taken, and were described by Mr. William Brewster in the 

 Auk^ and also recorded by the writer in the same volume.^ These 

 birds were observed in I'On Swamp, named for the late Col. 

 Jacob Bond I'On (of the U. S. Army in the war of 1812), and 

 now a part of Fair Lawn plantation, the property of Mr. B. B. 

 Furman. That this swamp is the type locality where Dr. Bach- 

 man took the birds in July, 1833, there can be little doubt, as 

 there is a strong supposition that Dr. Bachman often visited Col. 

 rOn, and may have taken the birds in this swamp. 



The first nest and eggs known to science were taken by Mr. 

 Otto Widmann in the St. Francis River region of southeastern 

 Missouri, on May 17, 1897, and were described by Mr. Ridg- 

 way.^ This nest contained three pure white eggs. 



During the spring of 1906, I made a special effort to find the 

 nest and eggs of this rare warbler, and on April 17 I succeeded 

 in obtaining two nests, each of them containing /our eggs. The 

 first nest was placed upon a dead palmetto leaf, supported by a 

 small aquatic bush, and was completely hidden by a living pal- 

 metto leaf which overhung the nest, like an umbrella. It was 



> XXII, 1905, 392-394. 2 Ibid. 399. ^Auk, XIV, 1897, 309. 



