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ing two yoiing birds uot more than one 

 (lay out of the sliell; the two previous 

 nights we liad severe frosts that de- 

 stroyed vegeta))les. 



101. Enipidonax. acacUcus (Gmiel.), 

 Acadian Flyeateher (4G5). — A rare sum- 

 mer resident. June 14, 1887, I secured 

 nest, eggs and fenuiU' of this species. 

 The nest is pensiu', and composed of 

 the lil)er of thistle and dried grasses; a 

 number of the latter hang from tlie 

 nest, some as long as 18 inches. The 

 nest is iiiore shallow than tliat of t!ie 

 red-eyeel virtM); outside measurenieiit 

 being 2.50 wide by 1.50 deep, inside 1.75 

 1.00, Eggs cream white -with a, few 

 (lark brown spots at large end. When 

 I first saw the nest I took it for a wisp 

 of grass caught on th<' linil), and siiould 

 have passed it had T not ^eon tlie bird 

 on the same liml). 



116. Loxia ff/rriros I }■ K m I n o >• 

 (Brehm.), American Crossbill (521). — 

 An occasional si)ring \isitor. On June 

 8, 1838, I secui'eil a male specinien in a 

 ])i(>ce of hea^'y linibei'cd wood. I con- 

 cluded it was a "sti'a;!;^;l<M'," and did 

 not look for its nest. <.)n July 28 I 

 saw anotlier in the same ])lace, I)ut did 

 not succeed in securing it, and I came 

 to tile conclusion that the male taken 

 in June was of a pair i)i'eeding there. 



148. Virco fl-Avifron>i (Vieill.), Yel- 

 low-throated Vireo (628). — A rather rare 

 summer resident. On Jane 8, 1888, I 

 f(ni]id a nest of this sjiecies, !nit was un- 

 ahle to get it. 



150. Mniotilta vnria (Linn.), Black 

 and White Warbler (636). — A cosnmon 

 n)igrant. June 14, 1888, I s;iw a male 

 of this species and a male ruby-throat- 

 ed humming bird disputing as to the 

 possession of a certain locality-, and the 

 luunming bii'd "lield the foil." As I 

 had never before seen M. varia here 

 later than the middle of May I conclud- 

 ed there must be a pair bjeeding, but I 

 did not succeed in linding the nest. 



l.>5. Demlroica ca'rulesccns (Gmel.), 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler (654).— A 



very ccmimon migrant. I think a few 

 remain to breed as I have observed them' 

 in two instances as late as July 14 and 

 15. 



158. Bendroicn ca'rulea (Wils.), Ceru- 

 lean Warbler (658).— Until the past sea- 

 son (1888) I iiave consideivd this a very 

 rare migrant, ha\ing seen but t^vo spet- 

 imens, l)oth males, in ten yea.ts collect- 

 ing; but" during the past season I found 

 three nests, two of which I secured with 

 three eggs eacii, and the two females 

 taken as they h-fV th(- nests. On Nov. 

 8 I sent to Oa))t. llias. E. Bendire a 

 nest and three eggs for the Smithsonian 

 Institution colh'ction, having learned 

 tlnit Vhei'e was bntoneegg of this species 

 the collection, luid witliout data, (u- lo- 

 cality. See vl///. for October, 1888, ]). 

 480, "Br(M.-uing of D. ca'ruica in Niaga- 

 ra county, N. Y." 



163. Drndniicii rinns({hmA.), Blaek- 

 tliroatetl Creen Wariiler (667). — A com- 

 mon migrant, and afcwntoj* to l)r(M'(l. 

 I have n(>ver yet found the nest and 

 eggs but ha:\-e seen thel)ird lati^n June, 

 and on June 24, 1883, I found a- j'oung 

 of tills species unal)le to Hy, the male 

 parent lieing witJi it. 



167. (icijfhhjpis ph/Jadeip/iia (W^ils.),, 

 Moutning Warbh'i- (670). — A rare mi- 

 grant. On June 8, 1888, I saw a male 

 of this species and could have secured 

 it, but thinking it had a nest near by I 

 preferred watcliing it and to lind its 

 nest, but did not sue('eed. June 11 I 

 a.gain visited the same place and saw a. 

 female of this species, but after aseareli 

 of three hours I failed to lind the nest. 



171. SvtoplKKjn ruticiUa (Linn.), 

 American Bedstart (687). — A common 

 resident. June 14, 1888, I found a paii" 

 of this species occupying an old nest of 

 the red-eyed vii'eo. They had relined 

 it, and laid two eggs; and a cowbird 

 had adtled another. I put the female 

 off the nest three times before I could 

 Ijeban^e it to be a redstart, as this spe- 

 cies is gencu'ally so particular about its 

 nest. I have never known a nest to be 



