THE OOLOGIST 27.(5 ) 
In the low swampy woodlands near 
the running streams that flow from 
every ravine, you will find the most 
favored locality. I have found more 
perhaps at the foot of a clump of Spice- 
wood bushes than in any other one sit- 
uation. Here a large mass of dry 
leaves is placed loosely on the ground, 
on which the nest, proper, is built; 
and the inner lining of fine, black root- 
I did not see the female leave the 
nest, and at once supposed it to be 
the property of a Wormeating Warb- 
ler; until a closer examination re- 
vealed the lining of black rootlets. 
Both parents returned while I was 
getting my camera ready, and made 
full identification easy. It was placed 
in the same situation where the Worm- 
eater often build; on a steep hillside, 
Plate No, 31—‘“Nest and eggs of the Kentucky Warbler in Pennsylvania,” 
Photo May 28, 1905 by Thomas H. Jackson. 
lets, is perhaps as characteristic of 
the Kentucky Warbler construction as 
the Worm-eaters favorite and beauti- 
ful material—the red stems of the 
Hair Moss, used for the same pur- 
pose. 
The nest here illustrated was one of 
the handsomest I have ever found; 
both in regard to its construction and 
its location. 
under a Laurel bush. It was also well 
sunken into the dead leaves in the 
ground and perfectly concealed. 
The Kentucky Warbler does its full 
share toward saving the Cowbird from 
extinction. I recollect one nest some 
years since, with four Cowbird’s eggs, 
and two of the owners. It was a poor- 
ly concealed nest and an easy mark. 
As consistent members of the “Au- 
