60 THE OOLOGIST 27 (©? 
Nest No. 7, June 28, 1904. Was in 
a hemlock 15 ft. up and 7 ft. out over 
a wood road. It was not far from 
where I found No. 6, and it contained 
four fresh eggs which were marked 
almost exactly like those found in 
Nest 6. The female was on the nest 
and did not leave until I touched her 
when she dropped. to the ground and 
then came back again real close. I 
am positive that this was the same 
bird that built nest No. 6 and she had 
just nine days in which to build the 
nest and lay four eggs. 
Nest No. 8, May 29, 1905. Nest 20 
ft, up and 12 ft. on a horizontal limb 
of a large hemlock and contained 
three fresh eggs and one egg of Cow- 
bird. The female stuck to the nest 
until I jarred the Jimb when she drop- 
ped to the ground but soon came back 
and settled down on the nest when I 
reached the ground. 
June 3, 1905, saw a male Black- 
throated Green singing H-ze-ze-ze-z as 
he hunted leizurely from branch to 
branch and finally went to a nest 
which I found to contain one egg. He 
sang regularly all of the time changing 
his tune to E-z when I was at the 
nest. No more eggs were ever layed 
in this nest. 
Nest No. 9, June 14, 1905. A nest 
in a small hemlock that grew close 
beside a very large hemlock was 10 
ft. up and 6 ft. out on a horizontal 
limb and contained four fresh eggs. 
The female was on the nest and af- 
ter flushing stayed around close by 
and chipped. 
Nest No. 10, June 18, 1905. Saw a 
female feeding and after a time she 
began to chip and work from branch 
to branch all around and then into a 
certain hemlock finally going onto a 
nest 40 ft. up on a small limb. There 
were five eggs which probably hatch- 
ed in a day or two. While I was at 
the nest the female kept flying around 
from branch to branch, sometimes. 
coming quite close. The male appear- 
ed, was quiet and kept his distance, 
lcoking at me in an inquiring way. Af- 
ter I was on the ground again the fe- 
male kept chipping and working to- 
wards the nest but when within a few 
inches would fly away again, finally 
went en the nest chipping continually, 
stayed but a moment and flew away. 
Soon she came back, went on the 
nest and was quiet. A pair of Oven- 
birds came to the tree and were chas- 
ed away by the male. 
Nest No. 11, July 2, 1905. Nest 35 
ft. up in a hemlock and 10 ft. out on 
a limb. The female was on the nest 
and did not leave until I could almost 
touch her. There were four eggs near- 
ly ready to hatch. A large feather 
in the lining of the nest. 
Nest No. 12, July 2, 1905. Nest was 
40 ft. above the gully bottom in a 
small leaning hemlock growing out of 
the gully bank and was on a small 
limb 3 ft. out. The female was on the 
nets and left just before I reached her 
level. The nest contained five well 
incubated eggs. The female moved 
silently about through the tree seem- 
ingly ignoring my presence and pick- 
ed a worm from a branch within 3 ft. 
of my hand and went on to the nest 
only five feet from me and in plain 
sight, cuddled down and did not move 
until I started to descend, when she 
started up but settled down again 
without leaving the nest. She did not 
utter a sound while I was there and 
the male did not appear at all. Vis- 
ited this nest again July 9th, I had 
been watching it a few minutes when 
the female came and fed the young, 
which were now in the nest. She 
staid but a few seconds and dropped 
to the bottom of the gully, 15 minutes 
later the male came and fed them and 
dropped to the gully bottom. In 10 
minutes the female came and stayed 
