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gor, Me., writes me that Mr. N. A. Eddy of that city met with its nest and 

 eggs near New Haven in June last. The following data are supplied by 

 Mr. Eddy himself: — The nest was found June 14, and at that time con- 

 tained one egg. It was revisited June 20, when it contained four eggs, 

 which were taken with the nest and the female parent was shot. The 

 nest was situated in an old orchard, about half a mile from the coast of 

 Long Island Sound. It was placed on the ground, in the grass, at the 

 foot of a small bush. The nest is of a very loose structure, and is com- 

 posed of oak leaves, built so as to form an inverted cone ; within is a 

 coarse lining of grape-vine bark, and this is again lined with fine grass 

 and very fine pieces of grape-vine. The eggs are white, with small red 

 spots forming a ring around the greater end. A few spots are also scat- 

 tered over the whole surface. Before they were blown the ego-s were of a 

 flesh-colored tint. Their measu^;ements are as follows: .65X.50, .67 X 

 .49, .63 X .48, .60 X .47. — T. M. Brewer, Boston, Mass. 



Description of the Female Dendrceca kirtlandi. — Mr. Adolphe 

 B. Covert, of Ann Arbor, Mich., has generously given me the female speci- 

 men which he shot in that locality. May 16, 1879 ; and a description of 

 this little-known state of a very rare species may be here recorded. 



Upper parts dull bluish-gray, overcast with brownish on the cervex and 

 interscapulum, and marked with broad heavy blackish streaks on the 

 whole back ; the crown and upper tail-coverts with fine shaft-lines of the 

 same. The color of the upper parts extending over the entire side of the 

 head and neck, which are unmarked, excepting a slight whitish eye-ring 

 and darkened lore. Wing-quills dusky, with very narrow dull whitish 

 edging of both Avebs ; wing-coverts like the back, but witli large blackish 

 central field, and wliitish edging and tipping, — the latter forming two 

 inconspicuous wing-bars. Tail-feathers like wing-quills, only the outer- 

 most one having the white area, so characteristic of Dendrosca, and this 

 being much restricted in extent. Entire under parts dull yellow, a little 

 brighter on the breast, and paler on the throat and belly, obscured with 

 brown on the sides under the wings, marked with a slight " necklace " of 

 black dots across the jugulum (as in Myiodioctes canadensis for example) ; 

 these spots stronger on the sides of the breast, whence lengthening into 

 streaks along the sides and flanks ; a few small sharp scratches of the same 

 nearly across the lower part of the breast. Under tail-coverts Avhite, un- 

 marked. Bill and feet black. Length (of skin), 5.30; Aving, 2.60; tail, 

 2.30 ; culmen of bill, about 0.40 ; tarsus, 0.80. 



It makes a rather dingy-looking bird of no striking appearance in any 

 respect, liable to be passed over if carelessly handled, but on inquiry not 

 to be confounded with any other species. The male is brighter bluish 

 above, brighter yellow below, with a little more white on the tail, and 

 perfectly black lores, but the style of coloration is similar. This com- 

 parison is made with the type of the species now in the National Museum 



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