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THE 00JL.0G1ST. 



The Black-throated Green Warbler 

 (Dendroica virens) arrives on the coast 

 of Connecticut durinfj the first or sec- 

 ond week of May. Often while tramp- 

 ing about the groves of hemlocks and 

 cedars I have heard them singing qn all 

 sides. The song generally sounds like 

 Te de.de de de or Te de de de Birdie. 

 Although this bird appears to be so com- 

 mon but few of the nests have been 

 found in this locality. It has, however, 

 been my good fortune to procure a set 

 of 4 eggs, also to examine several nests. 



My first nest was found by accident 

 on June 18th, 1893. It contained 3 eggs 

 oi D. virens and one of the Cowbird. 

 They were so badly incubated that I 

 could do nothing with them. The 

 second nest was found by Mr. 

 Henry W. Beers of this city on May 30, 

 1894. It contained 4 eggs which also 

 were so badly incubated that it was 

 impossible to save them. The third 

 nest was found June 10th, 1894, con- 

 taining 3 eggs which, I left until June 

 17th when the nest and 4 eggs were 

 taken. Mr. Beers and myself found 

 several other nests the same season and 

 they were apparently destroyed by 

 squirrels. 



All of the nests were placed in hem- 

 locks or cedars from ten to fifteen feet 

 from the ground, and with one excep- 

 tion were built at the end of a long 

 slender branch. The nests were com- 

 posed of small twigs, thin bark strips, a 

 few pieces of dry leaves, and pieces of 

 wooly substances. The lining of hair, 

 weeds, stalks, and feathers. The fav- 

 orite nesting place appears to be on a 

 side hill covered with hemlocks and 

 cedars. The eggs are four in number 

 and have a ground color of creamy 

 white and are spotted with chestnut 

 and lilac gray, mostly at the large ends. 

 During the fall migrations this bird is 

 very common, disappearing dnring the 

 second week of October. 



Jesee C. a. Meeker. 



Bridgeport, Conn. 



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Nesting- of Clarke's Nutcracker. 



Would the readers of the Oologist 

 like to hear about collecting here in the 

 wilds of MontanaV Well,' to begin, I 

 will tell you sbout my not collecting the 

 eggs of Clarke's Nutcracker. 



Clarke's Nutcracker is about the size 

 of an eastern Blue Jay but more plump. 

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 his "Key" also a good picture of the 

 bird. They loam about in small bands 

 of four or six, sometimes I have seen 



