THE NIDIOLOGIST. 



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NEST OF THE ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 



bushes. We shot three specimens while 

 seated on the ground. Our next find was 

 a nest of the Western Winter Wren built 

 against the trunk of a large Douglas fir 1 2 

 feet from the ground. I managed to reach 

 the nest by standing on my companion's 

 shoulders, but was disappointed to find the 

 nest empty. The nest was composed al- 

 most entirely of green moss, and had an 

 entrance at the side like that of the Water 

 Ouzel. 



After six miles farther walking we 

 reached Banff tired and hungry. 



June 14. — This morning my collector 

 showed me a female Orange-crowned Warb- 

 ler, which he had caught in its nest last 

 night at dusk. This was the Warbler's 

 nest we found yesterday morning. So we 

 went and photographed the nest, which 

 was built at the side of a fallen log and part- 

 ly hidden by overhanging herbage. 



The nest, eggs and bird are now on the 

 table before me, on which I am writing 

 these notes. The nest is composed of dried 

 grass and fine strips of bark and is lined 

 with hair, and the five eggs are creamy 

 white, finely freckled at their largest ends 



with cinnamon-rufous, where the markings 

 form zones. This was a very rare find, 

 considering it is ten years since the last 

 nest was taken. Mr. Kennicott found a 

 nest at Great Slave L,ake many years ago, 

 and its nest has also been taken at Foi't 

 Resolution on the Yukon, but the nest 

 found by me at Banff is the only one on 

 record of late years. 



After carefully packing these treasures, 

 we visited the nest of the White-crowned 

 Sparrow, which now contained five eggs. 

 This nest was built on the ground at the 

 side of a hillock and composed of dried 

 grass lined with hair, and the eggs are pale 

 green, spotted with chestnut brown. They 

 are larger than eggs of the Song Sparrow, 

 averaging 90 x 65. 



Our next important find was a nest of 

 Wilson's Warbler containing four eggs, and 

 we shot the bird to prove the identity. The 

 nest was built on the ground amongst 

 growing herbage and composed of dried 

 grass and lined with hair, and the eggs are 

 white, speckled at the larger ends with pale 

 brown and lilac. 



After dinner we went up the river and 



