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nests, I visited the place almost daily with the hope that I would 

 be successful in finding them; but in this I was mistaken, for 

 while it was comparatively easy to locate the singing males, it was 

 next to impossible to observe the females; in fact, the females 

 were not observed except when they were feeding young birds, 

 and those were not the birds that I had deprived of their nests 

 and eggs. As far as I was able to determine, there were but four 

 or five pairs of these rare birds in the greater portion of the swamp 

 that I explored most thoroughly. 



On April 28, I found a nest which contained one young bird, 

 apparently five or six days old, and secured it on May 9 while it 

 was being fed by its parents. This young bird could fly with 

 ease, although the tail was not half developed. The nest which 

 contained the young bird was built in a low bush about three feet 

 from the ground, in the densest part of the swamp, and was within 

 ten or twelve feet of a Swainson's Warbler's nest that contained 

 three eggs. This nest is large and bulky. The foundation is com- 

 posed of Spanish moss, with distinct layers of skeletonized leaves, 

 interspersed with leaves of the cane and pine needles, which appear 

 at and around the rim. 



A deserted nest, which contained three eggs, was found on May 

 9, in a bunch of blackberry and canes (vertical shoots), within one 

 foot of the ground, on the edge of the swamp apd within twelve 

 feet of a Swainson's Warbler's (Helinaia swainsonii) nest that 

 contained four eggs. The foundation of this nest is Spanish moss, 

 while skeletonized leaves, a few small twigs, and dead cane leaves 

 constitute the other materials. The interior of the nest is 2\ 

 inches in depth. 



On May 12 I found an exquisite nest, placed on a vine and 

 within one foot of the ground, from which the young had evidently 

 but recently flown, as I encountered them in the near vicinage. 

 It is constructed chiefly of a species of moss {Hypnum) that grows 

 on low bottom lands more or less covered with water. Interspersed 

 among this moss are dead leaves which are partially skeletonized, 

 as well as a few dead cane leaves. This nest is almost a perfect 

 circle. 



The sixth and last nest (from which the young had long since 

 left) was found on June 2, in a low bush, within two feet of the 



