WARBLERS 513 



Hancock; one of our most common Warblers, (Mrs. W. H. Gardner) ; nests 

 on many of the larger islands of the coast, (Knight). Kennebec ; common 

 summer resident, (Gardiner Branch). Knox; summer, (Rackliff) ; common 

 summer resident near Camden, (Knight). Oxford; breeds commonly, 

 (Nash). Penobscot; quite common summer resident of southern section, 

 common summer resident of northern regions, (Knight). Piscataquis ; 

 common, breeds, (Homer). Sagadahoc; (Spratt). Somerset; quite com- 

 mon summer resident, (Morrell) ; common summer resident of the northern 

 section, (Knight). Waldo ; common summer resident, (Knight). Washing- 

 ton; abundant summer resident, Boardman). 



As a breeding bird the Magnolia Warbler is quite charac- 

 teristic of the Canadian fauna and within its limits a common 

 summer resident throughout the State, and in other sections a 

 very common migrant, but as there are local strips of Cana- 

 dian faunal areas in almost every county in the State there is 

 indeed not a county where it does not breed at least locally. 

 Near Bangor the usual time of arrival is about May fifteenth, 

 and the last individuals depart by September thirtieth. 



As a migrating bird they occur in almost any tract of 

 bushes or woodland, but in summer their dearly beloved home 

 surroundings are among the spruce, fir and hemlock woods of 

 the State. Here they build their nests, sometimes in the 

 deeper woods, but more generally beside a path or old wood 

 road running through the woods, near the edge of a clearing 

 or at least in the edge of the woods near some natural open- 

 ing. Sometimes nests are placed thirty-five feet from the 

 ground but more often they are in thick spruce, fir or hemlock 

 trees not over ten feet from the ground and often only three 

 or four feet up. Though occasionally eggs are found as early 

 as May thirtieth, the tenth to the fifteenth of June is nearer 

 the average nesting date. 



A nest taken June 16 was placed three feet from the ground 

 in a small spruce in a thicket. The nest was composed of fine 

 spruce and hemlock stems and a few grasses, lined with pecu- 

 liar fine black rootlets. The depth of the nest outside was 

 one and three-quarters and inside one inch while the diameter 

 outside was three and a half and inside one and a half inches. 



