_l Scott on the Breeding Habits of Scott's Oriole. [January 



leaves are not simply attached to the rim or top edge of the nest, 

 but are 'sewed' to the sides of the structure — one blade for three 

 inches, three for four inches, and the other two for more than two 

 inches and a half. The nest is sewed to the blades or leaves 

 about seven inches from where they join the trunk of the plant, 

 and the blades are about twenty-two inches long." 



"Nest of May 27. Built in yucca, about four feet from 

 ground. Nest sewed to the edges of three leaves, all on one side 

 of the structure and close together, being about three-quarters of 

 an inch apart. Other leaves project downward at an angle of 

 about 45 , and the nest rests on them, as it would on the slanting 

 roof of a house. It is thei'efore not at all pensile. Is built of 

 grasses, yucca fiber, and has cotton twine woven into its walls. 

 Inside it is lined to within half an inch of the rim with small 

 pieces of cotton batting, some cotton twine, and a little very soft 

 grass. It is sewed to the edges of each of the three leaves it 

 rests on for six inches. The walls on the sides are an inch, and 

 at the bottom an inch and a half thick. The general inside 

 shape is oval, the greatest diameter being four and the least 

 three and a half inches. The greatest depth inside is three and 

 a half inches. The walls on sides sewed to leaves are about six 

 inches in depth, and on the side rising from the leaves four 

 inches. It contains four fresh eggs, that recall those of the Red- 

 winged Blackbird {Agehvus phtxiiiccus) in general appearance. 

 They measure as follows : .96 X .68, .9S X .66. .92 X .6S. 

 .c)6 X .68. The nest is sewed to the leaves about ten inches 

 from where they join the trunk of the plant, and the leaves are 

 about eighteen inches long. Other leaves hanging downward 

 above those on which the nest rests almost conceal it." 



'■Xest of May 30. Built in yucca, four feet from the ground. 

 Composed of yucca fiber and fine grasses, and is very similar to 

 that of May 24 in general appearance. The bottom of the 

 structure inside is lined with a soft mat of cotton-waste. Semi- 

 pensile, being sewed to six leaves of the plant, three of which 

 almost conceal the nest from view. The nest measures : depth 

 inside, four inches; depth outside, five and a half inches; inside 

 diameter at top, four inches. The general shape of the interior 

 is that of a rather large and shallow cup. Contains four eggs, 

 partially incubated. Ground-color bluish-white, with much the 

 same colored markings as those of the nest of May 24. Their 



