VERMONT BIRD CLUB 19 



3 1-2 feet from the ground placed inconspicuously among a 

 mass of roots. The nest was dome shaped with an entrance 

 near the centre of the side toward us. The round entrance 

 was the only conspicuous part of it. It was made outward- 

 ly of green moss and lined with fine black roots and a few 

 feathers. It was rather shallow front to rear, owing to the 

 space between the roots being small. However, it was 

 an old nest, and search through the remaining roots fail- 

 ed to reveal a new one. 



Farther along the way we came to an overhanging bank 

 full of roots. Search here revealed an old nest. .Coming 

 down after the ascent of the mountain we examined each 

 upturned root. In one spruce root which had two over- 

 hanging flaps of earth and roots, on the main body of roots 

 and opposite the larger flap so as to be in the shadow a new 

 nest was found. This was about i8 inches from the 

 ground. It was made of fresh green moss, soft and yield- 

 ing to the touch. It was as yet unlined. This was cun- 

 ningly concealed among the numerous small roots and 

 was conspicuous only because of the round hole for the en- 

 trance. Directly in the opening between the two flaps and 

 thirty inches from the ground was an old nest. No wrens 

 were heard or seen near this nest. However, it was now 

 in the afternoon, and while wrens were heard frequently 

 during the forenoon, none were heard in the afternoon. 



Two more nests were found May 22nd. One was an 

 old nest and rather conspicuous, 3 feet up from the ground 

 among the roots of an upturned stump. The other was 

 new and incompleted. This was four feet up in a rather 

 large upturned spruce root. Root was about 8 feet high 

 bv 9 feet across. It was fresh and green and not quite all 

 lined. So it was left for two weeks and visited on June 

 5th as I wished to see the eggs. However, the nest was 

 empty. But as the wren is said to be very particular in re- 

 gard to disturbance of or handling of its nest before the 

 eggs are laid, it may have been deserted from this cause. 

 This nest was quite shallow from front to back, as seems to 

 be commonly the case, lack of space between the roots be- 

 ing the cause. The new nest found first being so far away 

 was not again visited as it was expected this other nest 

 would be laid in. Thus the eggs were not seen. 



Another nest was found August 12th. while visiting a 

 mountain pond in Chittenden with a friend, who said that in 

 June he had heard a wren singing on one side of the pond. 

 As there were quite a number of upturned trees and 



