294 Stanwood, The Black-throated Green Warbler. \^^^ 



On the eleventh day, quite early in the morning, as I neared the 

 nesting place, I heard the fledglings calling from the treetops. 

 Soon I caught a glimpse of the Black-throated Green Warblers 

 marshalling their little band away. 



The nest measured, inside, 2 J inches in length and If in width; 

 outside, 4 inches in length, 3 in width, and 2 in depth. 



The four nests of 1909 were of the two types before mentioned, 

 those built in a crotch or with crotch-like effects, and those sitting 

 on twigs connected with the branch. One was like the dainty 

 gem-like structure of the year before but a bit more dainty, con- 

 taining much more spider's silk; the bird was four days constructing 

 the foundation, and four days felting together the lining of rabbit- 

 hair, horse-hair and human-hair. She then rested a day before 

 laying the first egg. The other three nests were less exquisitely 

 curved and put together more clumsily; but if one had never seen 

 the work of the gentle artist who executed the first, he would have 

 been charmed with the clever skill of the modellers of the other 

 three. 



They were located from four to eight feet up, three in fir trees, 

 one in a spruce. One of the nests of this year contained a fibrous 

 bark other than cedar; two had a few feathers in the lining, and 

 the other was lined with black plant fibre; the rest of the materials 

 were similar to those in the second nest described. 



