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centre from the side, a cavity some two inches in diameter being made, 

 with an opening of one and one-quarter inches. The bottom and sides 

 are lined pretty well up with short cottony wood fibres, forming a fine 

 matting for the eggs to rest upon. A firmer and more secure nest is 

 seldom seen, although so easily made. I imagine a day would com- 

 plete one, and certainly but little time need be wasted in selecting a 

 site, for thousands of orchids stand out on the partially dead branches 

 or on trees with little foUage. That they build also in the hanging 

 trusses of Spanish moss, so abundant everywhere, is true, the young 

 before referred to being found in a nest in one. 



The egg is very similar to P. mnericana ; its spots of lilac and 

 brown forming a broad incompact band near the larger end, and over 

 the whole surface now and then a fleck of same colors on the dull white 

 ground. The egg measures .67 of an inch in length and .46 of an inch 

 in breadth. 



The measurments here given were taken from birds in the flesh, and, I 

 think, are quite correct. 



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15. Helminthophaga etjficapilla (Wils.) Bd. — Nashville Warhler. 



Found at Lomita in low shrubbery, during our stay, in company with 

 Black-throated Green and Golden Warblers. Not uncommon. 



16. Helminthophaga peeegeina (Wils.) Cab. — Tennessee Warhler. 



A few obtained about May 1st at Lomita, but nothing seen of their 

 habits- They were about shrubbery in woodland. 



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