4 BowDisH AND Philipp, Tennessee Warbler. [j^ 



to nests of the Nashville Warbler, found by Philipp and Wilcox 

 the previous year, and to a nest of that species found by Bowdish 

 in Ontario. 



On June 20 another nest with six eggs was found, also situated 

 in a moss bank, overhung with grass, in the edge of the woods 

 and partially under the tips of a fallen dead branch. A nest with 

 five fresh eggs, found on the same date, was snuggled down in the 

 middle of a flat bed of moss, with little grass in the vicinity, and 

 could be seen without the removal of any cover. This was the 

 most striking departure from the type of nesting already described. 



On June 22, a rainy day, the female was caught on the nest 

 with six eggs, found June 20, by clapping a hat over the nest. On 

 June 23 three nests were found, each containing five eggs, built 

 in the typical situations before described. On June 24 another 

 typically situated nest containing five eggs was found. Another 

 was located on the same date which had been dragged from its 

 original site, presumably by some mammal, bits of egg shell giving 

 evidence of destruction of eggs. This was the most bulky and 

 substantially built of all the nests found. 



Another nest with five fresh eggs was found on June 20, and a 

 nest in its original, typical situation, containing bits of egg shell, 

 bespoke another tragedy. The last nest, found June 27, situated 

 in the side of a grass tussock, in the edge of woods, just off a boggy 

 clearing, contained seve7i eggs, in which incubation appeared to be 

 half or more complete. These eggs had not hatched on July 1, 

 the day before we left, and the last opportunity we had to examine 

 the nest. 



Four nests measured as follows, in inches: 



1. Depth, outside, 2; inside, 1|; diameter, outside, 3|; inside, 2. 



2. Depth, outside, 2$; inside, Ij; diameter, outside, 4; 

 inside, l^. 



3. Depth, outside, 3|; inside, 1|; diameter, outside, 3|; 

 inside, 2. 



4. Depth, outside, 3; inside, 1|; diameter, outside, 3; inside, 1|. 

 None of these presented the "quite flat" appearance described 



by J. Parker Norris, Jr., in the nest taken by Allan Brooks in British 

 Columbia. On the contrary, they were well cupped and, though 

 far from bulky, were fairly substantially built. 



