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published data respecting the breeding of the Tennessee Warbler, 

 which we have been able to locate. 



In 'The Warblers of North America,' Chapman cites C. J. 

 Maynard 'Birds of Coos Co., N. H. and Oxford Co., Me.,' (Pro- 

 ceedings Boston Society Natural History, 1871, page 7) who "found 

 it to be very common in wooded localities about Umbagog." The 

 citation does not state that nests were found and we have not been 

 able to consult the source cited. 



H. D. Minot, 'Land and Game Birds of New England,' 1876, 

 states that "the nest and eggs are essentially like those of the 

 Nash\alle Warbler, though the eggs vary and exhibit certain pecu- 

 liar forms, and though the nest is 'often placed in the woods.'" 



In the 'Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club,' Vol. VI, 

 1881, page 7, C. Hart Merriam, in 'Birds of the Adirondac Region,' 

 states of the Tennessee Warbler: "Breeds. Not rare in suitable 

 localities. Generally prefers hard-wood areas." In a list of the 

 birds of Point De Monts, Quebec, the same author in the same 

 publication. Vol. VII, 1882, page 234, says: "A tolerably common 

 summer resident." 



J. H. Langille, ' Our Birds in Their Haunts,' 1884, says " It bree(5s 

 far to the north, its nest having been found in Michipicoton, on 

 Lake Superior." 



Ernest Thompson Seton, 'The Birds of Western Manitoba,' 

 (Auk, Vol. Ill, 1886, pages 325-326) gives the Tennessee Warbler 

 as a "Rare summer resident." 



Walter Faxon found a singing male in Berkshire Co., Mass., 

 July 15, 1888; (Auk, Vol. VI, 1889, page 102). He quotes William 

 Brewster as always having found it in conifer regions and C. H. 

 Merriam and J. A. Allen as having found it frequenting hard wood. 



John Brittain and Philip Cox, Jr., in notes on summer birds of 

 the Restigouche Valley, New Brunswick (Auk, Vol. VI, 1889, 

 page 118) give the Tennessee Warbler as "Very rare." 



In 'Bulletin No. 18, United States Department of Agriculture 

 — Bureau of Biological Survey,' Wells W. Cooke records two sets 

 of eggs taken by one of the parties of the Biological Survey in 

 the summer of 1901 at Fort Smith, Mackenzie. "These eggs are 

 among the first absolutely authentic specimens known to science." 

 This note however gives no description of the nesting habits. 



