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County near the Connecticut line and carrying food apparently 

 to nestlings in another town a few miles away, it may yet be 

 found nesting in eastern Massachusetts, or even in Connecti- 

 cut. It has been noted in the highlands of western Connecti- 

 cut in the breeding season. This species is fond of spruce, but 

 Mr. Farley found two nests in white pines, — one high up, the 

 other less than 6 feet from the ground. This species may be 

 confidently looked for in the breeding season anywhere in 

 Massachusetts where spruces or white pines grow at alti- 

 tudes of 1,200 feet or more. Like the Magnolia Warbler it 

 frequents pasture spruces, but unlike that bird it also inhabits 

 white pine groves; therefore, it may be found casually in the 

 breeding season almost anywhere in central or western Massa- 

 chusetts, and its nests should be looked for as a possibility in 

 the northeastern counties and also in the highlands of north- 

 western Connecticut. 



The Magnolia Warbler is a bird of the spruce regions, and 

 is most common in rather open country, such as pastures 

 where young spruces, more or less scattered, are growing. It 

 is likely to nest where such spruces are found, from Berkshire 

 County east to northern Worcester County, but has not been 

 noted elsewhere, or at altitudes much below 1,200 feet. 



The Blackburnian Warbler is a forest bird. It is very com- 

 mon on Greylock, where it may be found in the tall, dense 

 spruces and in the adjoining mixed growth as well. But it is 

 also found among hemlocks and white pines in clear stands or 

 mixed with hardwoods at low altitudes, and breeds from Berk- 

 shire almost to the sea. It is an equally common bird in New 

 Hampshire, occurring anywhere in the white pines of the 

 southern and central parts of that State. In the breeding 

 season it seems gradually to disappear as we approach south- 

 eastern Massachusetts, but breeds sparingly elsewhere in the 

 eastern sections, principally in white pines or hemlocks. 



The Louisiana Water Thrush breeds here and there, along 

 the banks of small streams and up their tributary brooks west 

 of the Connecticut River and north to the Vermont line. We 

 know very little of its occurrence in the breeding season east 

 of the river. But the Northern Water Thrush breeds scatter- 

 ingly eastward in the northern half of the State to ]\Iiddlesex 



