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in the town of Summerfield, Monroe County, Michigan. 1 doubt if all the 

 nests together of this Warbler previously round equals this number. 

 —P. R. Hoy, M. 1)., Raciue, Wise. 



Nest and Eggs of the Blackburnian Warbler. — On the 23d of May, 

 1879, my lamented friend, the late A. Jenings Dayan, pointed out to me, 

 high in a lofty pine, the ye) unfinished nest of the Blackburnian Warbler 

 ( Dendrceca blackbumice). The exact locality was a grove of large white 

 pines {P/>i/ts strobus) on a dry hill just east of Black River, at Lyon's 

 Falls, Lewis County, New York. Some davs previously Mr. Dayan bad 

 observed tbe female bird carrying in her bill a downy substance which 

 afterwards proved to be the tufted seedsof the cat-tail. By the aid of a 

 field-glass, after many hours of patient watching, he finally discovered the 



nest. On tbe 2d of June lie ascended the tree and secured tin' prize. It 

 was saddled on a horizontal limb twenty-live and a half metres (about 

 eighty-foul feel) from tbe ground, and three metres (about ten feel) from 

 the trunk. The limb measured 15 nun. in diameter where the nest was 

 attached. The nest contained four fresh eggs of the Blackburnian War- 

 bler and one of the Cowbird (Molothrus ater). 



Authentic published descriptions of the nest and eggs of this Warbler 

 arc so few in number, and so meagre in exact details, that I make no 

 apology for presenting the following: the eggs measure, respectively (all 

 measurements being in millimetres), 12.80 X 17.60, [2.60 X 17. So, 12.60 



X 18, and 12.80 X 17.60. The ground-color is pale bluish-green, spotted 

 all over with umber-brown of varying intensity, the spots tending as usual 

 to form a ring at the large end. One differs from the rest in being well 

 sprinkled with blotches of rich dark-umber, which coalesce into a broad 

 /one around the large end. The nest is large, substantial, and very com- 

 pact. It consists almost entirely of a thick and densely woven mat of the 

 soil down of the cat-tail {Typha latifol t'a ). with seeds attached, and is 

 lined with line lichens, horse hair, and a piece of white thread. On the 

 outside is an irregular covering of small twigs and rootlets, with here and 

 there a stem of moss or a bit of lichen, The outside diameter of this 



rough envelope is 125 mm.; outside diameter of cup or nest proper, 74 

 nun. ; outside height, 53 mm. on one side and 42 mm. on the other. The 



inside of the cup measures 50 mm. in diameter and 29 mm. in depth. — 



C. Hart Mbrriam, Locust Grove, N. T. 



Nesting of the Worm-eating Warbler ( Helmitkerus vermivorus) in 

 Virginia. — Although of late years the nest of the Worm-eating Warbler 

 has been met with sufficiently often to dispel the obscurity which previous 



to 1869 rested upon the breeding habits of this bird, its discovery, espec- 

 ially in localities where it is not known to have been already found, is still 

 a matter of considerable interest. While walking along an unfrequented 

 road through the woods near Cobham, Albemarle County, Vfrginia, on 

 May 19, [884, my attention was attracted by the notes of a bird evidently 

 in anxiety, and on looking for their source I found that they proceeded 

 from one of these Warblers, which are not very rare in that vicinity in 



