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THE NEST AND EGGS OF BACHMAN'S WARBLER, 



HELMINTHOPHILA BACH MAN I (AUD.), TAKEN 



NEAR CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. 



BY ARTHUR T. WAYNE. 



Bachman's Warbler was discovered by Dr. John Bachman 

 ■"a few miles from Charleston in July, 1833," and named in honor 

 of him by Audubon, 'Birds of America,' Vol. II, p. 93. 



On May 15, 1901, I rediscovered this species in South Carolina, 

 the specimen (an adult male) being taken near Mount Pleasant, 

 and recorded by me in 'The Auk,' Vol. XVIII, July, 1901, pp. 

 274, 275. Since the rediscovery of this bird on May 15, 1901, I 

 have made every exertion to find others, but it was not until May 14, 

 1904, that I succeeded in securing another specimen, which was 

 taken on the plantation of Mr. B. B. Furman, in Christ Church 

 Parish, Charleston County. 



On May 13, 1905, I discovered three pairs of these rare birds, 

 and succeeded in taking two young that were being fed by their 

 parents. The young male was being fed by the adult male, and 

 the young female by the adult female! The old birds were not 

 molested. These young birds were the first ever taken, and were 

 described by my friend Mr. W 7 illiam Brewster in 'The Auk,' Vol. 

 XXII, October, 1905, pp. 392-394, and also recorded by the writer 

 in the same volume, p. 399. These birds were observed in I 'On 

 Swamp, which was named for the late Col. Jacob Bond I 'On (of 

 the U. S. Army in the war of 1812), and which is now a part of 

 Fair Lawn plantation, the property of Mr. B. B. Furman. 



That this swamp is the type locality where Dr. Bachman took 

 the birds in July, 1833, there can be little doubt, as there is a strong 

 supposition that Dr. Bachman often visited Col. I 'On, and may 

 have taken the birds in this swamp. 



The first nest and eggs known to science were taken by Mr. 

 Otto Widmann, in the St. Francis River region of southeastern 

 Missouri on May 17, 1897, and described by Mr. Ridgway in 

 'The Auk,' Vol. XIV, 1897, p. 309. This nest contained three 

 pure white eggs. 



