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confronted me on a low fir. The mother spread both wings 

 helplessly and fell from branch to branch and from low trees 

 and stumps to the ground. The male bird contented himself 

 with flying around with his mate and chirping. This would 

 indicate that the male assists his mate in the care of the young 

 after they leave the nest. 



Summary of observations of Magnolia Warblers, 1905-1910. 



1905, first seen, May 14. 



1906, first seen, May 19. 



1907, May 17, first seen; June 14, adding down to nest; June 15, foun- 

 dation, no lining; June 19, 4 eggs, began incubating to-day; July 15, 

 nesting; Aug. 1, same nest empty. 



1908, May 15, first seen; May 30, foundation of nest with 3 days' 

 work done; June 3, nest completed. June 3, nest just begun; June 9 

 nest just completed. 



1909, May 13, first seen; June 5, nest started; June 16, bird incubating; 

 June 19, bird incubating; June 13, bird incubating. 



1910, May 27. Framework of nest started four feet up in a clump of 

 pine. June 1, beginning to line nest with pine needles, horsehair and seed 

 stems of bird-wheat moss. June 5, 2 eggs laid. June 20, young birds out 

 of shell — 13 days. June 22, eyes not open; a dark spot on the head, a 

 dark line down the back and on the edge of the wings indicate the feather 

 tracts. Third day (morning). Wing quills \ inch long. Fourth morn- 

 ing; quills h, inch long, eyelids well separated, color deepened to dark 

 burnt orange. Fifth day, wing quills f inch long. Sixth day, tips of 

 feathers just beginning to protrude beyond the sheaths, and head covered 

 with downy feathers. Eight day (evening) young covered with gray and 

 brown downy feathers; tips of tail feathers showed buffy, and the wing- 

 bars were conspicuous; much of the baby down still clung to the tips of 

 the feathers; birds alert but not timid. Ninth day (morning), birds not 

 timid; may leave at any time. Tenth day, June 30. Nest empty. One 

 of the four eggs not fertile. 



