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dry leaves, lined witli hair moss, on a steep 

 hillside slopin<^ to a creek, beneath a tuft of 

 laurel wliich overhung" and partially concealed 

 it. Mr. Jackson says: "The female was very 

 tame, and allowed me to approach within two 

 feet of the nest before leaving it, and then 

 fluttered on the ground at my feet. The nest 

 was situated on the side of a thickly wooded 

 ravine, with a thick growth of laurel and other 

 undergrowth." Five eggs, incubation begun. 

 Li^ht creamy white, profusely speckled with 

 chestnut, and a few specks of lavender-gray. 

 Near the larger ends the markings are much 

 heavier: ()i)x.54; .TOx.54; .Tlx.oo; .(i9x.54; 

 .()Sx.r)3. 



Set XI. June 27, 1889. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Samuel B. Ladd. Nest 

 of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, on ground 

 under a small bush. Four eggs, incubation 

 begun. White, uniformly spotted all over the 

 surface with hazel : . 00 x . 54 ; . 60 x . ")4 ; . T-) x . 54 ; 



Set Xri. June 80, 188U. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Samuel B. Ladd. Nest 

 of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, on ground 

 under a small bush. Four eggs, incubation 

 begun. White, thickly spotted and speckled 

 with chestnut and a few markings of lavender- 

 gray. Near the larger ends the markings are 

 much heavier, and on one of the eggs they 

 form an indistinct wreath: .OOx.50; .67x.51; 

 .OOx.51; .69X.52. 



Set XIII. May 10, 1889. Iredell County, 

 North Carolina. Collected by R. B. Mc- 

 Laughlin. Nest of dry leaves, lined with hair 

 moss, on ground on a steep hillside. This set 

 is interesting on account of coming from North 

 Carolina, and also as showing that thejbirds 

 choose exactly the same materials for their 

 nest in that State that they do in Pennsylvania. 

 Four eggs, incubation begun. White, heavily 

 speckled, principally at the larger ends, with 

 chestnut, and a few markings of lavender-gray. 

 On one of the eggs the markings are so close 

 together at the larger eiul that they almost 

 become confluent: .65x.51; .05x.52; .05x..54: 

 .or)x.52. 



Set XIY. May 30, 1888. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Thomas H. Jackson. 

 Nest of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, sunk 

 into ground, on steep hillside, under a bunch 

 of laurel. Four eggs, fresh. White, thickly 

 speckled and spotted with hazel, and a few 

 markings of lavender-gray. Near the larger 

 ends the markings form wi-eaths on three of 

 the eggs: .07 x .51 ; .00 x.54; .0() x.51 ; .07 x .51. 



Set XV. June ?,, 1889. Chester County, 



Penn. Collected by Samuel B. Ladd. Nest 

 of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, on ground 

 under a bush. Five eggs, incubation com- 

 menced. Light creamy white, profusely 

 speckled with hazel and a few markings of 

 lavender-gray. Near the larger ends the 

 markings are much heavier: .68 x .56; .70 x .56; 

 .07x.55; .04x.52; .65 x.54. 



Set XVI. May 30, 1888. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Thos. H. Jackson. Nest 

 of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, on ground, 

 under a small dogwood tree, growing on a 

 hillside. In a very dark, rocky part of the 

 woods, near a stream. Five eggs, incubation 

 advanced. White, very heavily speckled, but 

 principally at the larger ends, with chestnut 

 and a few markings of lavender-gray. The 

 markings are so close together that they are 

 almost confluent: .77x.55; .74x.50; .72x.55; 

 .72X.50; .73x.5e. 



Set XVII. May 31, 1880. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Thomas H. Jackson. 

 Nest of dry leaves, lined with hair moss. Mi-. 

 Jackson says: "The nest was situated on a 

 steep hillside, in woods, at the root of a small 

 hickory tree about a hundred feet from a 

 stream. The birds were very tame and 

 showed great alarm at my presence." Six 

 eggs, incubation begun. White, profusely 

 speckled with chestnut and lilac-gray. Near 

 the larger ends the markings are so heavy 

 that they partially obscure the surface: 

 .07 x.54; .05X.55; .05x.55; .66x.56; .64x.53; 

 .09X.53. J.P.N. 



European Goldfinch Breeding in 

 Massachusetts. 



I had brought in to me for identification a 

 nest and five eggs and female of the European 

 Goldfinch, in July. It was found in the north 

 part of the city by a young collector, and is 

 the first find of the kind for this county, I 

 think. The nest was placed in an apple tree 

 about seven feet from ground, made of grass, 

 quite bulky, and lined with hair, thread, 

 feathers and vegetable fibre. Eggs, pale 

 green with a few spots and streaks of brown 

 mostly on large end, and averaged .72x.50. 

 About two weeks later my boy, while out in 

 another section of the city, saw one of the 

 same birds flying over, and making a good 

 shot secured it, this one also proving to be a 9 • 



Chas. K. Beed. 

 Woreester, Mass. 



