AVERY BIRD COLLECTION 109 
“The busy little architect was observed sometime at her 
occupation. She did not always fly in the same direction 
in search of material, nor did she always light directly 
on the bunch of moss; she frequently lighted on the top 
of the sweet gum and descended to her nest. This nest 
is suspended in the streaming moss, at least two feet un- 
der the limb. The moss is woven together, and the nest 
contains some spider web, as Asbury, who climbed to it, 
has informed me. Much pleasure is anticipated in tak- 
ing a full set of this bird’s eggs, hitherto unknown to 
me. 
“This little warbler returns from his winter home to- 
wards the latter part of March and the first of April. A. 
specimen was taken March 26, 1892; the label contains 
this observation: ‘Male in breeding plumages; testes 
much enlarged.’ This is my earliest record of the arrival 
of Compsothlypis americana; my latest is September 
19th, though the latter date is probably not that of the 
latest occurrence of this bird in Hale County. Some in- 
dividuals remain with us till the first of October. 
“April 10. Another parula was observed today gath- 
ering material from a stump on the edge of a field. For- 
tunately, though she flew at least a hundred and fifty 
yards into the woods, with the assistance of Asbury her 
nest was discovered. When she had collected from the 
stump what she needed and had begun her flight to- 
wards her nest, I announced the fact to Asbury who was 
stationed at least a hundred yards within the woods on 
the edge of an opening across which she had to fly. So 
rapid was her flight and so thick the woods when she 
passed beyond the opening that her destination could not 
be exactly determined. A certain gum tree covered with 
gray moss appeared to be the most likely place to find 
her, but though we watched some time in the morning 
our little warbler escaped our observation. In the after- 
nocn, however, about four. o’clock, we returned and 
found that she was building in the gum tree. Her nest 
could be seen through the Tillandsia just under a limb 
about fifteen feet from the ground. 
“Another female parula which seemed to be building 
was seen today but she could not be traced to her nest. 
