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Junco breeding at West Quincy, Mass. — On July 16, I noticed a 

 male Junco hyemalis hyemalis at Fuller's Quarry, West Quincy, Mass. j 

 Mr. Winthrop S. Brooks of the Boston Museum of Natural History andj 

 Dr. Stanley Cobb were with me at the time and we followed him up, 

 finding to our surprise that he had young in the vicinity, one of which we ' 

 saw him feed. 



It seems worth while reporting this instance of a Junco's breeding at this 

 latitude, at an elevation not much over 200 feet, as we found the past 

 records were very scanty. — N. C. Foot, M. D., Milton, Mass. 



Multiple Nest of the Yellow Warbler.— On June 1, 1916, on the 

 bank of the Red River of the North near Wahpeton Indian School I found 

 a finished nest of the Yellow Warbler in a rather uncommon position. The 

 nest was situated about twelve feet high on the trunk of a large willow 

 tree; where the nest was found the tree was twelve inches in diameter. 

 June 6 I again went to the place and found a new nest finished on top of 

 the first one. There were still no eggs. June 13 I again visited the nest 

 and found nest No. 3 added on top of the other two, but still no eggs. 

 June 25 I again visited the nest and found nest No. 4 added and contain- 

 ing one egg of the Yellow Warbler. Dimensions of the nest were then : 

 inside diameter two inches; depth of nest one nich; outside dimensions, 

 diameter three inches; height of the four nests combined ten and one-half 

 inches. 



June 28 a very heavy storm came up and did a lot of damage. Of 

 twelve nests I had located not one survived. On the 29th I went to collect 

 nests and eggs of the Yellow Warbler. I saw that nests No. 3 and No. 4 

 were blown down and probably had fallen into the river, for I could not 

 locate them anywhere. By examining the two remaining nests I found that 

 No. 2 fitted very snugly in the cup of No. 1 but was not connected with it, 

 so that I could Lift it out very easily. Nest No. 1 contained two Cowbird's 

 eggs. They were very different in coloring and size so I believe that two 

 Cowbirds must have visited and imposed on the Yellow Warbler. Im- 

 bedded in the bottom of Nest No. 2 I found one egg of the Yellow Warbler. 

 Nest No. 2 contained one Cowbird's egg, and on the ground under the 

 nest I found one more Cowbird's egg. All of the Cowbird's eggs were 

 distinctly different in coloring, so at least four different birds must have 

 visited the nest. 



I am only sorry that I lost the opportunity to examine nests No. 3 and 

 No. 4 and collect the whole structure intact. — Jens K. Jensen, United 

 States Indian School, Wahpeton, N. D. 



Warbler Notes from Rhinebeck, N. Y. — One of the most remarkable 

 features of the past spring migration has been the abundance of the rarer 

 warblers. My notes are based on daily observations made over an area 

 of about two hundred and fifty acres of mixed woodland, lawns and marshy 

 ground. The species of warblers to which I wish to make especial refer- 



