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THE VHI.I.i )\V WARnLER?* 



fixed tlian in the East. April i^tli is my earliest date, recorded in Vakiina 

 County, but Dr. Co<)]>er once saw large nuniljcrs (i)ossil)ly D. a. nibif/iiiosa) 

 "at tlie Straits of l)e Fuca," on .\])ril 8. On tlic west side <»f the mountains 

 tliis \\'arl»ler may not often nest mere tlian unce in a seasi>u. I)ut on the 

 East-side it usually raises 

 two broods. 



The nest of the VcIIkw 

 \\'arl)ler is quite common, 

 esjjecially easterly, where 

 its co\er is more re- 

 stricted; and no special 

 pains is taken at conceal- 

 ment. Nests m.iv he 

 placed at any height in 

 orchard trees, alders, wil- 

 lows, i>r even fir sai)lings: 

 but, without doubt, tlie 

 most acceptable site is 

 that alTorded liy dense 

 thickets of the wild rose 

 (Rosa pisocarpa) where- 

 ever fouml. 



The cradle of this bird 

 is of exquisite fabrica- 

 tion. The tough inner 

 bark nf certain weeds — 

 called indiscriminately 

 "hemp" — tr)gether with 

 grasses and other fibrous 

 materials in various pro- 

 port ious. is woven into a 

 compact cu]) around. <>r 

 settled into, some stout 

 horizontal or ascending 

 fork of bush or tree. As 

 a result the bushes are 

 full of Warblers' nests, 

 two or more seasons old. .\ fleecy lining, or mat. of plant-down is a more 

 or less consj)icuous feature of every nest. l'])on this as a backgroun<l a 

 scanty horse-hair lining may exhibit every one of its strands: or again, as 

 in the case of a nest taken on the Chelan River, the eggs themselves may 

 be thrown into high relief by a coiled black mattress. 



Taken near Tacom<i. 

 Pholo b> the Author. 



YICI.I.OW W.XUni.ER'S NEST. 



