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ing to catch the birds in the act of carrying material to the 

 nest. 



On account of the comparative inaccessibility of the regions 

 frequented by this species in the nesting season, and the many 

 difficulties in the way of finding nests, eggs of this species will 

 probably always be much sought for by collectors, even though 

 the Yellow Palm Warbler is certainly one of the locally com- 

 monest of breeding species of Warbler in northern and eastern 

 Maine, and may be most confidently sought in June in localities 

 amidst such surroundings as I have outlined. 



On June 1, 1902, Mr. J. Merton Swain, while in my com- 

 pany, found a nest with five much incubated eggs in a similar 

 bog at Hermon, some five miles from Bangor. Mr. Swain also 

 records a nest found June 11, 1902, between Burnham and 

 Unity, which contained four young about a week old. This 

 nest was in a tuft of grass in rather wet land. 



The late C. H. Morrell took a nest near Pittsfield, May 27, 

 1891, (not recorded until some time after my first set was 

 recorded) which contained two eggs of the Yellow Palm War- 

 bler and two of the Cowbird. This nest was in a pasture on 

 side of a knoll at the foot of a small fir bush. On June 25, 

 1893, Mr. Morrell took another set from a nest situated in a 

 bushy pasture between two small bushes, which contained five 

 eggs. June 13, 1894, Mr. H. H. Johnson took a set near 

 Pittsfield which was placed five inches from the ground in a 

 small spruce bush and which contained fresh eggs. 



While the evidence shows that rarely nests are placed a slight 

 distance from the earth in bushes, it is evident that a great 

 majority of the nests are placed on the ground and imbedded 

 in moss, and as those found in bushes at slight distances above 

 the earth were found at late dates for eggs of the species, it is 

 quite possible that such nests are second ones for the season, 

 owina: to the destruction of the first nest from some cause or 

 other, which leads to seeking safety by placing the next nests 

 built on more elevated sites. 



