118 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 
“April 25, 1893. No. 5 was seen building to-day, the 
fifth day since she was discovered carrying material for — 
a nest. 
“April 27, 1893. No. 6 (D. dominica). Another nest 
of the yellow-throated warbler was found this morning. 
She was seen entering a bunch of moss, and the nest was 
thus located. Pellets of silk of cocoons and the web or 
tents of certain larve were gathered; the bird returning 
every five or ten minutes with a wad of something white 
in her mouth. She was found gathering this white sub- 
stance from under the bark of pine trees. She pecked 
from a small hole in the side of a pine as much of this 
white substance as she could hold in her bill at one time, 
and made a second visit to the same spot from which she 
extracted as much building material a second time. She 
was constructing her nest in the morning at 9 o’clock, 
and on returning four hours after I found her still busily 
employed. 
“No. 7. At Millwood a nest of D. dominica was found 
on May 6th. The nest was on a.limb ninety feet from 
the ground, and three feet from the axis of the tree. 
Three pairs of yellow-throated warblers were seen, and a 
young one just out of the nest. 
“May 8, 1893 Nest No. 5 was examined today by 
Asbury and found empty, although eighteen days had 
elapsed since the bird was seen building. This was in a 
bunch of Tillandsia about fifty feet from the ground, and 
four feet from the trunk of the tree. 
“May 8, 1893. No. 6 was also examined by Asbury 
and found to have the old bird apparently sitting. This 
nest was building on the 27th; only eleven days have 
passed since D. dominica No. 6 was found. 
“May 10, 1893. No. 6 was taken this morning; bird 
seen building on the 27th of April; set complete. Bird 
was allowed in this case thirteen days to build nest and 
lay her set of eggs. This nest was concealed in bunch of 
Tillandsia usneoides, thirty-five feet from the ground and 
eleven feet from trunk of tree. The nest was supported 
not only by the gray moss but also by the end of the limb 
upon which grew the moss. It was very neatly and com- 
pactly built. 
