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Cbe Warbler 



but mud is not used in its construction and its lining is invariably fine black, 

 wiry rootlets, precisely such as the Catbird uses, instead of dried grasses, 

 which one finds in Robin's nests. The nest is usually placed in a small tree 

 or in a clump of bushes and within reach from the ground. The eggs are 

 about the color of a Robins' egg, the blue being only a shade deeper and the 

 size a little smaller. With rare exceptions, four is the number in a set. I 

 never saw but one set of five and no complete set with less than four. The 

 set of five is in my collection and was taken in Connecticut, together with 

 the nest, a few years ago. 



Towhee 

 (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 



THE Towhee is found in every wooded section of New York, and while 

 I have never personally found its nest within the city limits, there is 

 no question but that it breeds every season in the Borough of Queens and 

 probably on Staten Island, also. No bird conceals its nest more adroitly 

 than the Towhee, and a set of eggs is as hard to find as that of the Oven- 

 bird, even where the bird is very abundant. Eggs, four in number, spotted, 

 and the nest is built upon the ground. The bird is a shy singer and its de- 

 lightful song is not commonly heard. It is most likely to sing very early 

 in the morning or late in the afternoon. 



(To be Continued) 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE WOOD THRUSH (Hljlocichhl mustcUmiS) 



