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It was at the foot of a steep embankment and not more than 

 twenty feet from the water's edge. No other vegetation was 

 near except a few plants of S'tachys palustris L. and Polan- 

 isia graveolens Raf. The nest was placed in a fork formed 

 by four branches four or five feet from the ground. Nest C 

 was found July 9 in a small, winding, densely wooded ra- 

 vine leading back a short distance from the lake. It was 

 placed in a small plum tree {Primus americana Marsh.) 

 which was growing in a dense thicket of wild raspberry 

 bushes (Rfibus spf). The nest was built in a fork of the 

 plum tree low enough to be covered entirely by the raspberry 

 bushes. 



In structure the three nests were practically alike. The lin- 

 ing was of fine roots and tendrils while the outside was of 

 coarser material as twigs, string, and grass closely inter- 

 woven. 



Nest A was discovered on June 15 and contained at that 

 time three eggs. The blind was erected on the twenty-eighth 

 and the nest was under observation June 30 and July 1 from 

 7 :30 A. M. until dark. On the morning of the thirtieth the 

 blind had been thrashed about by the wind until it required 

 much repairing. While this was going on the parents were 

 much excited, calling from the bushes and hopping nervously 

 from place to place. Nest B was discovered June 24 and 

 contained four eggs. The blind was erected June 31 at a 

 distance of fifteen feet from the nest. On the second of July 

 it was moved to within two feet of the nest and observations 

 carried on the second and third. At the end of this time 

 the nest was deserted. Nest C was discovered on July 9 and 

 contained three eggs. On July 14 the blind was placed at 

 a distance of thirty feet from the nest. From that point it 

 was moved closer, daily, until on the twentieth it was five 

 feet distant which was as close as it seemed necessary to 

 bring it. This nest was under almost constant observation 

 from 11:30 A. M. on the twenty-first to the evening of the 

 tliirtieth. 



