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jerked up and down. This is a sub- 

 species of the Palm Warbler, and is 

 the Eastern form of that bird. O. W. 

 Knight gives the following description 

 of its nest: "composed of fine dry 

 sedges and grasses, lined with a few 

 feathers, and one or two horse-hairs. 

 Its external diameter was three inches, 

 and its internal diameter at the top two 

 inches. Its depth outside was two and 

 a half inches, and the depth inside one 

 inch." 



The Canada Warbler is a migrant in 

 Somerset Hills, and is apparently much 

 rarer in the spring than in the fall, 

 though at all times it must be considered 

 a rare bird in that locality. It is bluish- 

 gray above, with no white in the wings 

 or tail. The under parts are bright yel- 

 low, with a necklace across the breast 

 of black spots, one underneath the other 

 in downward lines. The female is very 



