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m)t yet l,eo„ .lotoot.! in Mu, W.st Indies. M. l!..u.:anl ..hh.ine.l s,>ecinu,n. 

 ■It 1 1.1} ii \ icentc, m the ],„L ,.,„„Hrv ..f Oaxa.'u, Mcxicu 



rn tl.e i.e,yl,l,or|,oo.l uC Cdai.s, Mr, JJuardn.an informs n,o tluit this War- 

 bler IS ounimun.aud that its habits resenil.K. those of the JJIack-.,oll Warl-h-r 

 ;"'»•'■ M'^i" 'l....se of any other of the o-onus. It always nests in bushes or in 

 low trees, and m tlie vicinity of swamps. 



An.ong the memoranda furnishe.l to the late Mr. Kennicott bv Mr Koss 

 IS one t.. the elleet that the (^hestn.U-sided \\'arlder was observed at Lake 

 ' '" )} "'"^ .^''^>' -•'• ""^^- '•"•"""•■' it is at this point is not stated. 



Air. ( \ I ame regards the Chostnut-sideil Warbk-r as one of the sweetest 



s.nge,. hat j.s,t X-erna.nt. He .h-seribes it as ven- conlidin, and gentle in 



. ;. I hits It .s eludiy foun.l inhal,i,in. h.w bushes, in the neiuld.orhood 



' taller tre... and ,t always buihis its nest in the fork of a h.w busli, not n.ore 



than iron, hree to five feet fr.un the .round. He has seen n.anv of their 



OS s. and they la.ve ai been in sinular situations. They will pernnt a vety 



u. . .pproaeh w.thout leav,„. their nests. These are eonstrneted about the 



■ist ot May. Iheir s..nj, eontn-ues until about the last of June. Alter this 



ine\ are .seldom heard, 



.f. Klliot Cabot, Es.i„ had tl,e .ood lort.n.e to be the lirst of our natural- 

 sts to d^cover ,n dune, IS:!-., the nest and e^^s ,., this Warbler, it was 



.xed on he horizontal forked braueh „f an oak saplin., in Mr dine Mass 



H' h-male remained sitting on her nest until so Hosely approached as to be 

 .s .nctly seen. n.e nest .as ,.f snips of ..d-eedar bark, and wellliued 

 ^.th eoarse ha>r and was compact, elas.ic, and shallow. It contained lour 

 egys. the oround-eoior of winch was white, over winch w.-re di.stributed 

 numerous d.st.nct spots of und.er-brown. The.se Mere of different sizes 

 more numerous towards tiie lar-er end. 



In regard to their i.e.lin. [n Pennsylvania, Mr. Xnttall tnentions in the 



|:;'->11<' ■>> lull son,, and had no doubt that they were ttest.n, there at the 



The Chest n,,f -sided Warbler usually constructs its nest in localities apart 

 ' -'—od, rounds .Iu.ed,esoflowandswan,pvw Is, bu, in jd" 



'V''\"''"^'."" /'" ,"7'« ^-y '■••'"" "'-1 two and a half to three and a 

 1 ■'''■'-■•'-tenKdu.,h.,:naM,avea.liame,er..f from three to lour 



.hes. Ihecav.t^- ,s about tw -hes deep. They are usuallv con.poscd 



X e,nally .. ooseb" .n.er.wined strips nf the bark of ,]»• sn.aller ve„.,lbles. 



u. , luuted by a .v s.en.s and bi.s of dry grasses, and lined wi,h woollv 



Ntnetable fdnvs and a lew ,sof, |,airs of the sn.aller anin.als. They are usuallv 



ve.y hnnly bound .0 the sn.aller branches by silky libres Iron/ the eo us 



at^ttH tnsects. hese nes.s were all lound ,n open places, in low. wild 

 n...,shy loeal.fes, but none far Iron, a cult.vate.l ..eighborhood, an.l the 



