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fastened to small branches by means of the silk of 

 divers kinds of cocoons. The situations chosen 

 for nidification, are affirmed to differ not materially 

 from those selected by the Golden Warbler, being 

 in open grounds, and also low marshy localities. 



The eggs are oblong-oval in shape, creamy- 

 white in the background, and beautifully marked 

 with shades of purple and purplish-brown princi- 

 pally about the larger end. The dimensions are 

 .64 by .48 of an inch. 



Dendrceca maculosa, Baird. 



The Magnolia Warbler is very abundant in 

 eastern Pennsylvania, and one of the most attrac- 

 tive members of its genus. It appears not earlier 

 than the roth of May, along the borders of 

 cultivated fields, and within our gardens and 

 orchards, where the blooms of the apple, cherry, 

 and maples are sources of attraction. In high 

 open thickets, which its congeneric relatives de- 

 light to visit, it is exceedingly rare. During the 

 past season it might have been reckoned by fifties 

 in cultivated sections, whereas not a single indi- 

 vidual was observed in secluded situations. 



Like most of our Warblers already described 

 with the single exception of D. coronata, it never 

 flocks during its vernal migration, but prefers to 

 lead a solitary existence. Few species manifest 

 freer confidence, and less fear than the one under 

 consideration. In this particular, it emulates 



