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nesting at Chemavvawin and Grand Rapids. Nest well made 

 of rather coarse twigs. The cedar birds were usually seen in 

 small squads of three to six. They often frequented the 

 limbs of dead trees, from which they swooped down after the 

 manner of flycatchers. Out of eleven adult specimens, only 

 three have the waxy tips to the secondaries, tw^o of these 

 being females and one a male. An Indian woman brought 

 me a nest and eggs of this species, upon which a fairly 

 mounted bird, prepared by herself, was placed. How she 

 conceived the idea I could not discover. 



Family vireonid.^. Vireos. 



ViREO OLivACEUs (Linn.). Red-eyed Vireo. Abundant. 

 Breeding at Chemawawin. One of the most conspicuous 

 songsters at Grand Rapids. 



Vireo solitarius (Wils.). One specimen secured. 



Family mniotiltid^e. Wood Warblers. 



Mniotilta varia (Linn.). Black-and- White Warbler. 

 One specimen found dead in the woods at Grand Rapids. 



Helminthophila peregrina (Wils.). Tennessee Warb- 

 ler. Common at Grand Rapids, where it doubtless breeds. 



Four specimens secured, one of which was evidently a 

 young-of-the-year. 



Dendroica estiva (Gmel.). TcUow Warbler. Common 

 at both stations. Breeding in a thicket near Chemawawin. 

 Nestling, a dull olivaceous brow^n above; below dull yellow, 

 washed across the breast and throat with color of the back. 

 Breeds wdthin the Arctic Circle. (MacFarlane). 



Eight specimens secured. 



Dendroica coronata (Linn.). Myrtle Warbler. Abund- 

 ant at Grand Rapids and Chemawawin. Breeding in the 

 latter place. Young with no yellow anywhere; above oliva- 



