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at the nest one minute then dropped 
to the ground. Seven minutes later 
a male which I took to be a stranger, 
appeared in the lower branches, hunt- 
ed leisurely up through the tree and 
when near the nest hopped up close 
and looked in but dodged back as 
though he was scared, hesitated a sec- 
ond then flew away. Eleven minutes 
later the male came and fed the young 
staying one minute. Then I left the 
vicinity. 
Visited the nest again July 23d and 
found it empty and saw nothing of the 
young. There was a nest in the same 
tree in June, 1906, but it was not 
used. 
Nest No. 13, June 7, 1907. Nest in 
same tree and on same branch as 
No. 12, making the third nest found 
in the same tree. The Cowbird’s 
eggs were imbedded in the lining of 
this nest being nearly covered with 
the lining and there were four eggs 
of the warbler. 
Another nest found June 7, had 
one egg of Cowbird in it and the Warb- 
ler never used it.. 
Nest No. 14, June 13, 1909, was in a 
hemlock a little back from a wood 
road. It was 12 ft. up and 6 ft. from 
the body of the tree and contained 
two eggs. Visited it again June 16th, 
and the female sat close until I reach- 
ed her, when she dropped to the 
ground. I had my camera with me and 
exposed two plates. The first did not 
show the nest on account of the dense 
foliage. Before exposing the second 
one I cut away the leaves from over 
the nest and got the result here shown. 
The female was near all of the time 
that I was at the nest and after I 
reached the ground again she flew to 
it, looked in and dodged back then 
looked in again and flew away but 
was on the nest again two minutes 
after I had left the tree. Ten days 
later I visited this nest again hoping to 
get a picture of the young, but it was 
empty and deserted. 
Nest No. 15, June 23, 1909. Nest 
7 ft. from the body of a small hemlock 
and 15 ft. from the ground. The tree 
was situated about half way up a gul 
ly bank. Nest contained four fresh 
eggs and the female was on the nest 
and after flushing remained close by 
and was quiet. 
Of the fifteen nests, here described, 
nine contained four eggs each, three 
had five eggs each, one four and two 
of Cowbird, one three and one of Cow- 
bird and one had three eggs partly 
broken and deserted. The latter prob- 
ably an incomplete set. 
Cowbirds eggs found in but three 
nests. 
The male bird appeared at but two 
of the nests. The female seemed to do 
all the incubating and when flushed 
from the nest invariably dropped to 
the ground or sailed nearly to the 
ground but was soon back in the near- 
by branches and was usually quiet. 
We find many empty nests every 
year that are never used and on the 
second visit we often find the lining 
torn out or the nest on the ground. 
VERDI BURTCH, 
gas ae PR ene 
From the Isle of Pines. 
* Ricord’s Hummer (Riccordia ricor- 
dii)—1. 4 1-8 in., w. 2.6 in. Male, up- 
per parts shining green; a white spot 
or small line behind eye; tail long 
and bronzy; under parts a metalic 
green; under tail coverts white. Fe- 
male, similar but duller, 
The Hummer is very common in the 
jungles along the arroyas and rivers 
and is very fond of feeding from the 
“Hahogwa” blossoms, It is often 
seen perching in the thicket just so 
that a ray of sunshine falls upon it, 
making a very pretty sight. Often 
when so occupied it will burst into a 
song, a very low but quite musical 
