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not know the remote future of any of these variations, nor the 

 manner in which existing bird species were evolved. 



The subspecies theory has often been justified on the ground 

 that it is a convenient method of handling geographic variations. 1 

 One has only to read Dr. Oberholser's " Monograph of the Genus 

 Chordeiles" 2 to learn that the attempt to give definiteness to 

 indefinite variations involves the student in an interminable maze. 

 It is maintained that the only way out of the subspecies dilemma 

 is to treat geographic variation in the same manner as dichromatic 

 and individual variations are commonly treated. 



THE NEST AND EGGS OF WAYNE'S WARBLER (DEN- 



DROICA VIRENS WA YNEI) TAKEN NEAR MOUNT 



PLEASANT, S. C. 



BY ARTHUR T. WAYNE. 



The hope of finding the nest and eggs of this new bird was 

 eagerly looked forward to during the spring of this year, and on 

 March 20, 1919, I visited the place where the type specimen was 

 taken on April 25, 1918. A few males were heard singing from the 

 topmost branches of some tall, gigantic, deciduous trees, and were 

 also seen to fly into very tall pines, which latter trees the birds 

 seemed to prefer. 



On March 31 I again visited the place, and although convinced 

 that the birds were mated and the females engaged in constructing 

 nests it was impossible to catch even a glimpse of the latter, and 

 the males left no clue as to the whereabouts of their mates. Al- 

 though much discouraged I had not given up hope, and on April 18 

 Mr. J. H. Moessner, who accompanied me and who took me on the 

 previous trips in his automobile, made every effort to locate the 



• Cf. Dwight, Auk. Vol. XXI. 1904, p. 64. 



- U. S. Nat. Mas. Bull. 86, 1914; see especially pp. 16-18. 



