['HE OOLOCilST. 



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Prothonotary Warbler, 



(Prolonolaria cilria). 



This handsome little Warbler first 

 came under xny observation in 1888, 

 while out looking for Downy Wood- 

 peckers' eggs. I was out in the bottom 

 lands of the Mi^si.-sippi River working 

 my way along the edge of the pond, 

 among the willows and birch, when 

 out flew what I at first thought was a 

 Yellow Warbler, but oa getting a bet- 



ter view, saw it was a new bird to me. 

 Did not find any nests that jear lut in 

 1^89 found a set of si.\ handsome egps 

 on June 15th, iu an old Down}' Wood- 

 pecker's hole, 1 Jaced in a rotten stub. 

 The nest was a mass of moss, some of 

 which still had the roots and dirt ad- 

 hering, tilling the cavity almost to the 

 top, liueil with a few strips of the inner 

 bark of grapevines, some hair-like 

 roots, and a feather. 



Since then I have taken many nests 

 and eggs, ranging from three to seven 

 in each nest. Some heavily marked 

 with large spots and blotches, others 

 thinly and evenly marked with small 

 spots and specks, of a reddish or 

 brownish color, with lilac shell mark- 

 ings underneath. 



Some years the bulk of the nests were 

 found in stubs standing at the edge of 

 or iu the water, other years from ten 

 to one hundred feet back from it, and 

 in thick woods. 



They were the most numerous in the 

 marshy bottom land at the head of Lake 

 Pepin, where there were many stubs, 

 dead trees and stumps standing in and 

 at the edge of the water. This year I 

 went down there with Willis F. Hill of 

 Lake City, Minn., and we only found 

 one set of four and another nest con- 

 taining one egg. T.ae action of the ice 

 in spring and heavy winds having torn 

 and blown down nearly all of the suit- 

 able nesting places, causing them to 

 seek nesting sites somewhere else. 



The height of the nesting season was 

 from May 30th to about June 15th, in 

 some years, and others from about June 

 5th to about the 25th. 



The height ranged from one foot 

 above water (one nest) and two feet to 

 thirteen feet, averaging from four to 

 six feet up. One dead tree contained a 

 Prothonotary Warbler's nest six .,et up, 

 and two feet higher a Tree Swallow, 

 and about six feet higher a Dowuy 

 Woodpecker's. All containing young. 



Nearly every nest foUnd was in an old. 



