Ge “THE YELLOW WARBLER. 
Nests may be placed at any height in orchard trees or willows, but without 
doubt the most acceptable nesting site is afforded by the dense swamp thickets 
of the Carolina rose. In a day’s nesting in the Oak Point swamps of Lorain 
County, forty-two occupied nests of eight species were examined by myself 
and a companion, and of these eleven were Yellow Warbler’s. 
The cradle of this bird is an exquisite fabrication. ‘The tough inner bark 
of certain weeds—called indiscriminately hemp—together with grasses and 
other fibrous materials in various proportions, 1s woven into a compact cup 
about, or settled into, some stout horizontal or ascending fork of bush or tree. 
INS) a) seSiahe lake 
bushes are full of 
Warblers’ nests two 
or more seasons old. 
A fleecy lining or 
mat of plant-down is 
a more or less con- 
spicuous feature of 
every nest. Upon 
this as a background 
a scanty horse-hair 
lining may exhibit 
every strand; or, ag 
I once saw in Wash- 
ington, the eggs 
themselves may be 
thrown into high re- 
lief by a coiled black 
mattress. 
The Yellow War- 
bler displays particu- 
lar ingenuity in ban- 
ishing the Cowbird’s 
unwelcome egg. In- 
stead of deserting 
the spot the birds 
place a false bottom 
across the nest and 
raise the sides ta 
ee: PTS | correspond, — twe 
Taken at Oak Point. Photo by the Author. Stories, with the 
AN UNUSUALLY DEEP NEST. eround floor to let. 
Three- and even four-story nests of this sort have been found. 
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