38 Philipp and Bowdish, New Brunswick Birds. \_3&u. 



Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. — Found breeding quite 

 commonly on mud flats and islands, among willow and alder growth. 

 Two nests, each containing four fresh eggs, were found, on June 15, 1918. 



Loxia curvirostra minor. Crossbill. — A flock of twenty or thirty 

 birds noted, on June 25, 1917, and a similar flock on June 18, 1918. 



Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis. Snow Bunting. — Several noted, 

 May 16, 1917. 



Spizella monticola monticola. Tree Sparrow. — Two were seen on 

 May 16, 1917, and a few on May 28. 



Vireosylva olivacea. Red-eyed Vireo. — Quite common in suitable 

 localities in 1917 and 1918, where, for some reason, it had not been previ- 

 ously noted. 



Dendroica tigrina. Cape May Warbler. — Two males and a female 

 were noted on June 3, 1917, and birds of this species were observed not 

 uncommonly thereafter throughout that season. In 1918 they were found 

 quite common and well distributed in all suitable localities. Four nests 

 were located, position and general conditions being remarkably uniform, 

 and agreeing also, in the main, with the nest found at Lake Edward, 

 Quebec, by Dr. Merriam, in 1916. 1 They were in rather high spruce trees, 

 within two or three feet of the extreme top, usually as near the top as 

 suitable site and cover could be secured. All were built in very thick 

 foliage, against the main stem of the tree, resting lightly on twigs and 

 foliage, but fairly secured thereto by webs, and were entirely invisible 

 from the ground, in every case. 



On June 22 the first nest held six eggs, two of which were without incu- 

 bation, the other four being fairly well incubated. The female sat closely 

 until the climber was within two or three feet of the nest, when she dropped 

 almost perpendicularly to the ground. No pounding, jarring or shaking 

 of the tree served to cause her to leave the nest, even for a moment. This 

 nest measured \\ by 3| inches outside diameter, and 2\ inches inside 

 diameter; 2h inches outside depth, and 1£ inches inside depth. Exteriorly 

 it was composed of green moss from dry woods ground, interwoven with 

 fine spruce twigs, dry grasses, a few bits of club moss and vegetable down; 

 interiorly of fine dead grass, with a thick lining of hair, feathers and a little 

 fur, the neat and smooth felting of the lining forming a conspicuous feature 

 of differentiation from nests of Blackpoll and Myrtle Warblers. This 

 nest was about thirty-five feet up, in a thick foliaged spruce tree, standing 

 in a semicircular opening in the woods, beside a public road, from which, 

 save for the thick foliage in which it was situated, the nest would have been 

 plainly visible. The six eggs measured: .65 X .49, 66 X .48, .66 X .50, 

 .65 X .47, .66 X .47, .56 X .42. They were white in ground color, well 

 marked with blotches, spots and specks of reddish-brown, and a few fine 

 dots of very dark purple or black. 



On June 26, the second nest, about thirty-five feet up in a thick, medium- 



1 Nesting of Cape May Warbler at Lake Edward, Quebec, Auk, October, 1917, pp. 410-413. 



