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are found in the densest and darkest 

 recesses of the forest. 



The female deposits four or five 

 small white eggs speckled with redish 

 brown and quite often the disliked 

 Cowbird adds one of hers for good 

 measure. 



Sets are commonly completed by the 

 25th of May, and then our presence in 

 the vicinity is objected to by vigorous 

 chirpings. Even though we be con- 

 siderable distance from their abode 

 they seem to fear us, and flitting about 

 in the dense foliage, slyly keep out of 

 sight, but continually chirp. 



Early one beautiful morning in May 

 after careful searching I was able to 

 discover five nests in a single stretch 

 of wooded land high up on a hillside. 



I have found many nests by locating 

 the chirping of the birds, then careful- 

 ly searching the level places nearby. 

 Some have hidden their nests so com- 

 pletely that I have failed to find them. 

 However I have been fortunate enough 

 to find a sufficient number for careful 

 study. 



S. S. Dickey. 

 Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. 



Kentucky Warblers. 



My first set of Kentucky Warblers 

 was found May 30, 1899 in Chester 

 County, Pennsylvania. At that time I 

 called it Maryland Yellow-throat and 

 did not know the difference until one 

 day while in West Chester, I called 

 on Mr. Ladd and he told me my set 

 was Kentucky Warbler. 



I prized the set highly as it was my 

 first, and kept it in a tray in one cor- 

 ner of my drawer with other Warbler 

 sets. 



One night I had the drawer out of 

 the cabinet on the table admiring the 

 eggs when my daughter came up stairs 

 with our pet cat. The cat had a habit 

 of jumping on the table whenever she 

 came in the room, and when she got 



close enough, made a spring for the 

 table. My daughter held on to her 

 the best she could, but one paw land- 

 ed squarely on the set of four Ken- 

 tucky Warblers, and broke three eggs. 



It did not take me long to see what 

 the damage was, and I immediately 

 got busy and showed the cat my indig- 

 nation at her imprudent action. 



I hollowed first, and as the cat, 

 frightened at my look and actions, 

 started for the door. I grabbed a ten 

 pound hassock and hurled it with all 

 my force at her as she rounded the 

 corner. 



I regretted the loss very much, as I 

 was afraid I would never be able to 

 find another set. 



June 24, 1900, I found a nest with 

 one addled egg and four young, by 

 watching the parent birds as they 

 went closer and closer to the nest un- 

 til I located it at the base of a bush in 

 a hollow of the woods near a stream. 



June 21, 1903, I found 1-2 with one 

 Cowbird. The female flew from the 

 nest as I was walking along a path in 

 the woods. Nest was at the base of a 

 bush. 



June 3, 1906, I found 1-3 at Pocop- 

 son, Pa., in a hollow of the woods near 

 a parth at the base of a bush. 



May 31, 1909, I found 1-4 and one 

 Cowbird at Pocopson, Pa., in a hol- 

 low of the woods near a road at the 

 base of a bush. 



June 4, 1910, I found 1-5, my first 

 fine perfect set near Wilmington, Del- 

 aware, in a hollow of the woods at the 

 base of a bunch of weeds. I flushed 

 the female as I went over the ground 

 with my stick, and as she sneaked 

 away among the grass, I located the 

 nest near my feet. The nest was 

 nicely lined with black horse hair. 



June 15, 1910, I found 1-4 near Wil- 

 mington, Delaware on the ground in 

 the forks of a bunch of bushes. I lo- 



