THE OOLOGIST 



185 



The Oologist, 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



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Golden- winged Warbler. 

 {Helmintliiphila chrysoptera, Linn.) 



This handsome little Warbler is quite 

 abundant in this section of the State, 

 and a number of collectors' cabinets 

 contain them. My cabinet contains 

 two sets, one of three and one of four 

 eggs. 



On May 19, '92, while collecting in a 

 low marshy tract of land, I flushed a 

 bird from her nest and after some 

 searching found it built under a tussock 

 of grass. The nest was composed of 

 leaves and grass and lined with fine 

 vegetable roots. The nest contained 

 three eggs of the usual color and were 

 slightly incubated, so I have no doubt 

 as to their being a full set. 



My second set was taken in the same 

 ■vicinity but was built in a bush one 

 foot from the ground. The nest was 

 built of the same material and con- 

 tained four of the handsomest eggs I 

 ever saw The ground color was of a 

 creamy white, regularly spotted and 

 blotched with umber, chestnut and 

 gray, the spots large and distinct. 



The eggs bear the closest resemblance 

 to each other of any set of eggs I have 

 ever taken. 



I have noticed that this bird is very 

 fond of moist and swampy land, cov- 

 ered with tussocks of grass and stunted 

 bushes and can be found in these places 

 throughout the breeding season. 



F. C. Hubbard, 

 Geneva, Ohio. 



My First Set of Pine Siskin's. 



As I have never written for the Ool- 

 ogist, I thought its readers might like 

 to know how I collected my first set of 

 Pine Siskin. It came about in this 

 way. 



A collector friend, Wm. L. Finley, 

 used to come to my home Saturdays to 

 spend the day collecting. 



