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entirely of leaf skeletons. The nest was at the edge of a small lake, hung 

 in the tip of a drooping hemlock branch about 25 feet above the water. There 

 was no Usnea moss in the vicinity, but the substitute had been quite as 

 skilfully used. 



The presence of the Magnolia and Blackburnian Warblers is determined by 

 extensive growth of hemlocks, either in the ravines or on the tops of the hills 

 above an altitude of 1,500 feet. The Black- throated Green is somewhat in- 

 fluenced in the same way, although we have found more nests in the tops of 

 deciduous saplings than in evergreen trees. The nests resemble, in position and 

 structure, those of the Redstart, but they are made of different materials and 

 are usually 15 to 30 feet from the ground. 



The Black-throated Blue is seldom found outside of the deep ravines, 

 except above 1,500 feet, and although it more often nests in low bushes or 

 sprouts from deciduous trees, it frequently chooses the ground hemlock and 

 seems to be partial to woods where it grows. 



DOWN WITH THE DESTROYERS OF CROPS 

 The young Golden-winged Warbler in the shade is negotiating a large insect, with the assistance of its mother 



The Nashville Warbler seems to require the presence of sphagnum moss, 

 and although not abundant in the real sphagnum bogs, it is always foimd in 

 our deciduous woods where there are little runs and hillocks with occasional 

 patches of sphagnum. They are more common on the tops of the hills but 



