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Stumps a search was made. The nest was finally found in a 

 small root less than four feet across and about 4 feet high^ 

 It was near the centre about two feet up from the 

 ground. It was still quite green, fresh and showed traces 

 of a brood having been raised. Further search revealed no 

 other nest. 



After finding the nests in May, Mr. Duane Kent of Rut- 

 land was told about the nesting places of this species. 

 While on a trip to his home near Spectacle Pond in Wal- 

 lingford, which the club has visited on one of its summer 

 meetings, he found two nests. One found the fourth day of 

 June containing five slightly incubated eggs. This nest 

 was on the under side of an overhanging flap of an upturned 

 spruce root. The root was quite large, about 10 feet high. 

 Nest about 7 feet up so it could just be reached. .The nest 

 was rather flimsy. It had a lining of partridge feathers. 

 The bird remained on until almost touched. The other nest 

 was new and incomplete. It was 12 inches from the ground 

 and quite bulky. Mr. Kent was unable to visit it later, so 

 he does not know if eggs were laid or not. 



This makes a total of nine nests, enough to justify us in 

 drawing a few conclusions in regard to nesting site, etc. 



All nests were placed in trees so recently uprooted, that 

 the small rootlets had had no chance to decay and fall away, 

 leaving only dirt and large roots. The small rootlets 

 afford not only concealment but support, the nest being of 

 moss, a flimsy material. Where old roots seem to con- 

 sist largely of earth and stones, it seems a waste of time to 

 search them. In two cases the nests were so concealed b}^ 

 overhanging flaps as to be entirely hidden. In the others 

 they were in plain view and conspicuous on account of the 

 little, round entrance hole. Except where Mr Kent found 

 the nest, no wrens were seen or heard in the vicinity. In 

 the one case where both birds were seen and heard in the 

 vicinity of a numbe.- of upturned roots, careFni search on 

 two different days failed to discover a nest. 



From the nest with incubated eggs on June 4th and the 

 incompleted nests of May 21st, and 22nd, it would seem 

 that about June ist was the proper date for eggs. But as 

 the spring of 1906 was quite backward, we might assign 

 about May 20th to 25th as the ordinary dates. Search 

 should be made among the roots of upturned trees. Ever- 

 green trees are the most favorable on account of their thick 

 mass of fine rootlets. 



