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not yet been dotoctcd in tli.' Wrst Indies. M. iMmcanl nljtaiiicMl specinu'ns 

 lit riava Vicente, in tin* hot cDuntrv of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



In the neinhhoihood of Calais, Mr. IJoaidnian informs me that tliis Wiir- 

 l»ler is eumnion, and that its h;il>its reseml)h' those of the I'lack-poll Warhlt-r 

 m(»rc tlian those of any other of the Lrenus. It always nests in bushes or in 

 low trees, an«l in the vicinity of swami>s. 



Anioni; the memoranda furnisl»ed to tlie late "Mr. Kennicott by Mr. IJoss 

 is one to the elfect that the ( 'hestnut— sidcl Warlder was (»bserved at Lake 

 of the Woods, May 2"J. How common it is at this point is not stated. 



^Ir. (\ S. Taine rej^ards tlie Cliestnut-sided Warbler as one of the sweetest 

 singers that visit Vermont. He describes it as very contiding" and gentle in 

 its habits It is chiefly ibiind inhabiting low bushes, in the neighborhood 

 of tidier trees, and it always builds its nest in the tVak of a low bush, not niijre 

 than from three to five feet from the giound. He has seen many of their 

 nests, and they have all been in similar situations. They will jjermit a very 

 near ajjproach without leaving their nests. These are constructed about the 

 last<»f May. Their son<j continues until about the last of June. After this 

 they are seldom heard. 



J. Klliot Cabot, Ks(|., had the g0(Kl fortune to be the first of our natural- 

 ists to discover in June, 1S:IU, the nest and eggs of this AVarbler. It was 

 fixed on the horizontal forked bianch of an oak sai>ling, in I>rookline, Ma.ss. 

 The female remained sitting on her nest until so idosely aj»|»roaclu d as to be 

 distinctly seen. The nest was of stri]»s of retl-i-edar bark, and well linetl 

 with coarsj' hair, and was comi)act, elastic, and shallow. It contained four 

 eggs, the ground color of which was white, over which wen* distributed 

 luimerous distinct sjMits of und)er-bn)wii. These were of different sizes, 

 more numerous towards the lar<_n'r end. 



In regard to their l»reeding in Pennsylvania, Mr. Xuttall mentions in the 

 second etlition of his work that he met them anionii the Alleuhanies at Far- 

 ranville in full song, and had no doubt that they were nesting there at the 

 time. 



The Chestnut-sided Warbler usually constructs its nest in locidities a])art 

 from cultivated grounds, on the edges of low and swampy woods, but in jdaces 

 more or less o])en. (^)uite a number ol their nests have been met with by Mr. 

 George O. Welch, of Lynn, Mas.s. Their more connii(»n situation has been 

 barberry-bushes. The nests vary from al>out two and a half to three and a 

 half inches in external lieight, and have a diameter of from three to four 

 inches. The cavity is ai»out two inches deep. They are usually composed 

 externallv of looselv intertwined strips of the bark of the smaller vegetables, 

 strengthened by a few stems and bits of dry grasses, and lined with woolly 

 vegetable fibres and a few soft hairs of the smaller animals. They are usually 

 very firmly boun<l to the smaller 1 tranches by silky fibres from the cocoons 

 of various insects. These nests were all found in open places, in low, wild 

 marshy lo(\alities, but none far from a ladtivated neighborhood, and the 



