WARBLERS 533 



Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties. Have observed them 

 more or less abundant in Androscoggin, Oxford, Franklin, 

 Somerset and Kennebec counties, and on their arrival they 

 may be seen in the pine trees, in pairs and small flocks, busily 

 gleaning for insects. The latter part of May they begin nest 

 building. All the nests I have seen were placed well up near 

 the top of a pine tree, horizontally and near the trunk of the 

 tree. The nests are very difficult to locate, and one has to 

 watch the birds carry nest material or food to the young. The 

 nests are neatly and compactly built of strips of bark and 

 weeds, a few roots and bits of dry oak leaves, lined with hairs 

 and a few feathers. The nests I have examined were not as 

 deep and cup-shaped as the nest of the Myrtle Warbler, but 

 shaped more like the nest of the Magnolia Warbler. 



Of the several nests I have seen, four eggs were the comple- 

 ment. They were placed from eighteen to twenty-five feet up. 

 They were placed invariably in smallish pines, at the edge of 

 the taller pines and deep woods, in an old clearing or opening 

 on a side hill, where were interspersed a few small oak and 

 some gray birch. Two nests I have examined were found in 

 Livermore by Mr. Guy H. Briggs. One nest, with young, I 

 found near Sheepscot Bridge, one in Jefferson, [and two in 

 Damariscotta. Have seen evidence of nesting near Camden, 

 South Hope, Warren and Wiscasset. The eggs are dull 

 whitish or grayish-white ground, well speckled and spotted 

 with lilac-gray and burnt umber, and usually there is a wreath 

 about the larger end. The eggs average about 0.68 x 0.52. 



This interesting, busy little Warbler gleans incessantly for 

 insect food, catching them right and left, as he goes creeping in 

 and out the boughs of the evergreen trees, much like that rel- 

 ative of his, the Black and White Warbler, occasionally utter- 

 ing a clear little trill that is somewhat like the song of the 

 Chipping Sparrow, yet easily distinguished from it. After the 

 young are on the wing, they may be seen in little family 

 groups, creeping eagerly for food, and from September fifth to 



