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or wreath. All three eggs have a slight polish, and the shells 

 look hard and thick for those of a Warbler's eggs. 



The nests are similar in general position and construction to 

 the specimen described by me in ' Forest and Stream,' but both 

 differ in certain important details. The one containing the set 

 of three eggs is composed almost entirely of bleached, straw- 

 colored cane leaves, with an interior lining of pine needles and a 

 few thread-like strands of black moss, apparently Tillandsia. 

 This nest is much the smallest of the four, measuring externally 

 3.50 in diameter by 3.00 in depth ; internally 1.50 in diameter by 

 1.50 in depth ; the greatest thickness of the rim or outer wall 

 being 1.00. Unlike the specimen first described, it is firmly sup- 

 ported on all sides by the fascicled branches among which it rests. 

 Its shape is nearly globular, and although the exterior is rather 

 loosely formed, the structure, as a whole, is neat and compact. 



The nest taken June 27 is very much larger, in fact quite the 

 largest specimen that 1 have seen, measuring externally 5.00 in 

 diameter by 6.00 in depth ; internally 1.50 in diameter by 1.25 in 

 depth ; with the rim in places 1.75 thick. It is shaped like an 

 inverted cone, the apex extending down nearly to the point of 

 junction of the numerous fascicled stems which surround and 

 support its sides. In total bulk it fully equals the average nest 

 of our Crow Blackbird, while it is not nearly as finished a speci- 

 men of bird architecture. Indeed it would be difficult to imagine 

 anything ruder than its outer walls, — composed of mud-soaked 

 leaves of the sweet gum. water oak, holly, and cane, thrown to- 

 gether into a loose mass, bristling with rough stems, and wholly 

 devoid of symmetry or regularity of outline. The interior, how- 

 ever, lined with pine needles, moss fibre, black rootlets, and a 

 little horse-hair, is not less smooth and rounded than in the other 

 specimens. 



The acquisition of these additional nests is important as tend- 

 ing to show that the position and construction of the first two 

 nests, and the character of the eg^s which one Of them contained, 

 were not exceptional. The total results of Mr. Wayne's labors 

 may be summed as follows: Four nests, taken respectively June 

 5, 6, 27, and 30. contained, respectively, one young bird a few days 

 old, one young bird and two addled eggs, two eggs on the point 

 of hatching, and three perfectly fresh eggs. All four nests were 

 essentially similar, being bulky and loosely-formed, composed 



