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eggs was published by the writer in the Oologist, Feb., 1893, P- T 4> an d this 

 set of five eggs was taken June 4, 1892. A nest with newly hatched voung 

 had been found in the same locality by a friend a few days before on May 30. 

 During the 13 years which have since elapsed, the sum total of nests of the 

 Yellow Palm Warbler which I have found or seen found is nine in number, 

 all being within a radius of seven miles of the city of Bangor. There are 

 three authentic records of nests being found at Pittsfield, Maine, and one 

 record of a nest between Burnham and Unit}-, making a total of thirteen 

 known instances of nests being found in Maine. A detailed record of these 

 nests may be of interest, as they seem to be the only recorded ones from the 

 United States. 



Nests found in Bangor Bog, about six miles from Bangor : May 30, 

 1892, nest on ground in moss at foot of small spruce, contained four newly 

 hatched young; June 4, 1892, nest similarly situated containing four young 

 with well developed plumage ; also two nests in similar situations contain- 

 ing respectively five fresh eggs and five eggs incubation nearly complete. 

 These nests were composed of fine dry sedges and grasses, lined with a few 

 feathers and in the case of the one with fresh eggs a few horsehairs were also 

 present. The nests were all well concealed in the sphagnum moss which 

 covered the surface of the bog and were at the foot of small bog spruces. 

 The ground color of the five eggs in question was a peculiar roseate buffy 

 white, fading to white when the eggs were blown. They were sparsely 

 spotted with very fine markings toward the smaller ends while toward the 

 larger ends the spots increased in size becoming blotch-like and tending to 

 form a rather close wreath. The spots were lilac, brown and lavender color- 

 ed and of varying or intergrading shades. The eggs measure .65 x .51, .65 

 x .50, .65 x .50, .67 x .50, .65 x .50 inches, which measurements agree very 

 closely with those of other sets since found. 



Nearly half of the nests of this species which I have seen were seen on 

 this one day. No other nests were found in spite of most diligent search 

 until June 2, 1894, when at the same locality I found a nest with four nearly 

 fledged young and also a nest containing five quite fresh eggs. June 9, 1901, 

 a nest containing nearly fledged young was found. The final nest for this 

 bog was found June 22, 1905, at which time it contained two eggs, and the 

 number had not increased any on June 26th when I made a final visit to the 

 locality and secured a number of photographs of the nest and its surround- 

 ings and collected the set for Mr. John Lewis Childs. This nest was abnor- 

 mally situated, being on the interlocked limbs of three very stunted spruce 

 shrubs which were growing in a clump, the distance of the nest from the 

 mossy surface of the bog being about a foot. The nesting date was abnor- 

 mally late for the species and the nesting site abnormal, as all nests pre- 

 viously found by ine were imbedded in the moss. The nest was composed 

 of fine grasses and sedges, lined with fine material which appears to be the 



