Vol. XXIII 

 1906 



1 Bowdish, Warblers Breeding at Desmarest, N. J. 19 



The Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) is a common breeder. 

 Slashings and bush-grown fields, and creek-beds are the favorite 

 sites. A nest containing three eggs was found May 29, 1904. 

 May 24, 1905, I found a nest with four eggs, and another nest just 

 completed. June 1 two of the eggs in the first nest were found to 

 have hatched, the young being then several days old. On the 5th 

 the nest was found to be empty, and the young may possibly have 

 developed so rapidly as to have left of themselves. Another nest 

 containing two eggs was found June 1. Two more eggs were 

 added, and the bird was still sitting on unhatched eggs June 14. 

 On the 19th the nest was empty and deserted. 



Hooded Warbler (IVilsonia mitrata). Up to the present year 

 I considered this warbler a rare breeder. June 5 a nest with four 

 eggs was found, about one foot from the ground, in a small clump 

 of bushes at the edge of a wood, close to a public road. June 17 

 and 18, Mr. Clinton G. Abbott and the writer found three pairs 

 of birds with young out of the nest, within half a mile of the first 

 nest. As the latter was destroyed without the eggs hatching, one 

 cannot refrain from the impression that the birds, at least locally, 

 must be fairly abundant breeders. 



The American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) is fairly common, 

 but only one nest has been located in the past three years. On 

 June 3, 1904, a nest was found about ten feet from the ground, on 

 a horizontal limb of an apple tree, beside a road, and a few feet from 

 woods. It contained one egg. June 8 the nest was empty and 

 deserted. A pair of birds with young, several days out of the nest, 

 were seen June 18, of the present year. 



In addition to the ten species enumerated, the Louisiana Water- 

 Thrush (Seiurus motacilla) undoubtedly breeds regularly, though 

 not abundantly, being frequently seen in pairs during the breeding 

 season. Also there are a number of other species which it is rea- 

 sonable to expect to breed here, and which I hope we may from 

 time to time add to the list. 



