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nests." Again I raised my glasses, and cramped myself in 

 neck-tiring positions, but to no purpose. There were only ten 

 small limbs on that tree, and every spill and cone magnified dis- 

 tinctly through my lenses. Disappointed T decided to wait. Not 

 three minutes passed before the bird appeared again with more 

 material, and waiting a second of caution, fluttered to the same 

 side of the same pine's top. Again she was too quick for me to 

 catch her at work, but not quick enough to conceal the spot. 

 Apparently it was a big pine cone saddled on one of the highest 

 limbs. Was it a cone ? The long pine spills almost hid it. I 

 determined to hold my glasses continually on that spot till 

 the bird arrived again or my neck broke. One minute, two, 

 five minutes passed. I was beginning to regret my determina- 

 tion, when a sharp warning from Joe made me alert. The bird 

 had come into the field of my glass and was weaving cotton 

 around that pine cone. No words could describe the surge of 

 delight within me as I realized that a Pine Warbler's nest had 

 at last been found in New Jersey,* and I was the lucky discov- 

 erer. Triumphantly I turned to my companions and announced 

 the discovery. I was in the throes of the first thrill, and they 

 kindly bore with me in patience while I dilated on the value of 

 the find. It required consummate forbearance not to climb that 

 tree and make assurance positive. But I took the way of cau- 

 tion and decided to return a week later. 



With backward glances we proceeded deeper into the swamp. 

 Of the large trees, none but gums, beeches and hollies re- 

 mained. While the varieties of trees decreased, birds became 

 more numerous. But we had little time to investigate, as we 

 wished to push on to the meadows. I discovered in passing 

 a Hooded Warbler's nest half finished, and caught sight of 

 what I would positively state to be a Gnatcatcher had I ever 

 had the precedent of seeing one before. Many gums were of 

 tremendous size, gaping here and there with promising Owl 



* While I know of no published records of the finding of Pine Warblers' 

 nests in New Jersey, I have just been informed by Mr. J. P. Callender that one 

 was discovered with eggs near Chatsworth in the Pine Barrens May 28, 1904, 

 by Mr. H. H. Hann, and another with young at the same place June 1, 1904. 

 — Ed. 



