Booth: Nesting of the Grasshopper Warbler. 201 
May 25th, passed about I0-0 a.m. ; again 8-30 p.m. (fine 
and sunny). 
May 27th, quarter of an hour, evening. 
May 28th, 20 minutes, evening. 
May 2oth, 50 minutes, 3-40 p.m. to 4-30 p.m. (raining). 
May 30th, two and a half hours (fine and sunny). 
May 31st, half hour. 
June Ist, one hour (fine and sunny). 
June 3rd, 7-30 p.m. to 8-o p.m. ; also 9-15 pm. to 9-30 p.m. 
(fine and sunny). 
June 8th, gth, and roth, quarter of an hour each evening. 
June rzth, one hour, 6-45 p.m. to 7-45 p.m. 
June 13th, five hours. 
June 15th, quarter of an hour, about 6-45 p.m. 
June 16th, 17th, and 18th, quarter of an hour; 18th, first 
suspected the metallic note came from them which, in the 
second nest, proved to be the case. 
June 20th, four hours, morning. (Fine and sunny). 
June 21st, 22nd, and 24th, quarter of an hour, about 7-0 p.m. 
June 26th, one hour, (first heavy rain for some time). 
June 27th, one and a half hours in morning. No‘ reel,’ but 
‘reeling’ well in the evening. 
June 28th, * reeling’ well from 7-0 p.m. until 9-30 p.m. Not 
very frequent at first ; later getting very persistent; stayed 
another quarter of an hour but it did no more ‘ reeling.’ 
June 29th, twenty minutes, about 7-0 p.m. 
June 30th, twenty minutes, about 8-45 p.m. 
July Ist, 9-25 p.m. to 9-55 p.m., uncertain whether it did 
not ‘reel’ just as I was some distance away on my arrival, it 
certainly did none afterwards. 
July 2nd, half an hour, (heavy rain). 
July 4th, six hours, (raining heavily most of time) 5-30 a.m. 
to II-30 a.m. 
July 5th, quarter of an hour, about 7-0 p.m.; quarter of 
an hour, 8-45 p.m. (clear and sunny). 
July 8th, three quarters of an hour, 8-0 p.m. to 8-45 p.m., 
{some rain). 
July gth, one hour. 
July r1th, six hours, 5-40 a.m. to II-40 a.m. 
July 15th, half an hour, about 7-0 p.m. 
July 18th, four and three quarter hours, 6-30 a.m. to 
II-O a.m. and II-30 a.m. to II-45 a.m. 
July 21st, quarter of an hour. 
July 22nd, half an hour, about 7-30 p.m. 
July 23rd, quarter of an hour, about 7-0 p.m. 
July 24th, hour and a half, 3-15 p.m. to 4-45 p.m. 
July 25th, four hours, morning. 
July 27th, quarter of an hour, 7-0 p.m. 
1916 June 1. 
