The Oologist. 



VOL. XVII. NO. 6. 



ALBION, N. Y., JUNE, 1900. 



Whole No. 167 



The Oologist. 



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Nesting" Materials. 



Continued from last month. 



The Prothonotary Warbler is an excep- 

 tion to the family by building in a cav- 

 ity in a stump, and generally near or 

 more often over the water. This is a 



strange exception, and a radical change 

 from the Warbler ways, but we will find 

 that there are many variations in habit 

 in all the families of birds, and it may 

 be added that these variations lead a 

 charm to the study. There are no hum- 

 drum features in the study of nature. 

 There are constant features of change, 

 and surprises await us constantly as we 

 wander on in our researches. Most of 

 the Warblers make their nests of fine 

 materials, grass, rootlets, strippings 

 from wood-stalk'? and bark, and lining 

 with soft cottony substances Some, as 

 the Redstart and Blackburnan Warb- 

 lers construct durable homes in the 

 crotches of trees, the latter sometimes 

 placing its nest as much as fifty feet 

 from the ground. Others, as the Gold- 

 en-wing Warbler, construct loosely built 

 nests and on or near the ground in 

 shoots or grass. It is almost a rule that 

 these nesls which are placed on the 

 ground are poor in comparison with 

 those which are situated in the branches. 

 This is simply a matter of requirement. 

 Many of the Sparrows employ grass 

 in the construction of their nests and I 

 know several that rarely use anything 

 else. Others, and more particularly the 

 larger ones, use twigs, roots and other 

 materials in combination, as I have 

 found the nest of the Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak, though this species frequent- 

 ly constructs such a thin affair that the 

 eggs may be seen and counted through 

 the bottom of the nest. The Chipping 

 Sparrow is a well known specialist in 

 its use of the long hair from horse tails, 

 and so well known in this habit that the 

 little bird is called the Hair bird. This 

 Sparrow makes its home near to the 

 abode of man, and thus has the power 

 to gratify its penchant for horse hair, 

 and in all of my trips I have only met 



