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accompanying her to and from the nest, singing constantly. A 
very short stop was made at the nest. Evidently some material 
was accumulated before it was arranged. A day or two after 
finding the nest I went to Shulee early in the morning, going to 
Two Rivers, and thence through the woodsto thecamp. At this 
date the ground was mostly covered with snow in the woods, 
though it was rapidly melting. I found the nest completed. The 
bird refused to leave the nest until I was nearly within reach; she 
remained near, several times returning to the eggs for a moment. 
The nest was placed well out towards the end of a limb of a 
spruce tree 27 feet above the ground. It was saddled on the 
limb and radiating twigs but not attached to them. Considering 
Bie. size or. the. bitd (it is quite large, “rather - flat ‘and! > bears 
no resemblance to nests of Spzmus tristis, measuring as follows: 
height, 1°63 inches; depth, °75 inches; outside top diameter, 
4 inches; inside top diameter, 2 inches. It is constructed 
mainly of dark pendulous tree-moss, with some fulvous bark 
from weed-stalks, plant-down, Usmea and other mosses. About 
the bottom of the nest is woven a few spruce twigs. The 
lining is entirely the pendulous moss. It contained four eggs but 
slightly incubated. These have a pale blue’ ground-colour, 
slightly darker than eggs of Sfenus tristis, somewhat sparingly 
~marked about the larger end with pale purplish and a few dots of 
brownish black. (Morrell.) Common in winter in Ontario. This 
bird, of all wild birds, breeds the most readily in confinement. I 
have seen eggs that were laid by birds belonging to Dr. C. K. 
Clarke, of Rockwood, Ont., which had only been captured the 
previous winter, so had not been in a cage for more than a few 
months. (ev. C./. Young.) I have several nests with sets of 
eggs that were taken at Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, during the 
summers of 1895 to 1898. One nest before me is a pretty speci- 
men of bird architecture, and made externally of fine twigs and 
roots held together by moss with the inside lined with feathers. 
It was found June 17th, 1898, in a spruce tree 10 feet from the 
ground and contained five greenish white eggs spotted with 
brown. (W. Raie.) Ihave taken seven nests around Ottawa, 
Ont., in cedar trees (Thuya occidentalis) at heights of six, eight, 
ten and twelve feet. The nest is built of small twigs and a little 
vegetable down, lined with hair-like roots or hairs. Size of nest 
3°50 x 2,and2x 1. It nests in April and May, and lays three or 
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