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visit the Swainson Hawk's nest noted on 
May 5. One Hawk was sitting on a dead 
tree not far off,but I could not see anything 
on the nest. After I had climbed up several 
feet, striking the spurs in hard, the bird 
flew off, was joined by her mate, and they 
flew around, screaming high overhead. On 
a limb about a foot below the nest hung a 
dead green snake, about fifteen inches long. 
The nest was lined with fresh green leaves, 
and contained three fresh eggs. Two of 
the eggs did not differ materially in color 
from ordinary eggs of the Red-tailed Hawk, 
one having heavier markings than the other; 
but oneegg was somewhat unique. It had 
“very pale lavender shell markings over the 
entire surface, with two large brown 
blotches on the middle of one side, about 
one-fourth of an inch in diameter and less 
than a quarter of an inch apart, also halfa 
dozen large irregular blotches in a bunch 
near the smaller end. Measurements: 
Banieexe7 0. 22:9)xX 178, 2:29 X 170: 
RupoLPpH M. ANDERSON. 
Forest City, Iowa. 
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Nesting of the Nashville Warbler. 
HE Nashville Warbler is quite common 
here during migration, and a few re- 
main each season in favorable localities 
to breed. I have always found them in the 
young growths of small trees and thick 
bushes, where they keep well hidden, ap- 
pearing in sight only for an instant as they 
move quickly from bush to bush. They 
are shyer than most Warblers and move 
about so quickly from bush to bush that it 
is often difficult to identify them,even when 
they are quiteplenty, Arriving the second 
week in May, they are at once in full song. 
The song isnot loud, and does not resemble 
that of the Chestnut-sided Warbler. It is 
quite well described by Langille as ‘‘a com- 
position, the first half of which is as nearly 
as possible like the thin but penetrating 
notes of the Black-and White Creeping 
Warbler, while the last half is like the 
twitter of the Chipping Sparrow.’’ 
To my ear the first half of the song more 
nearly resembles the song of Wilson’sWarb- 
ler than that of the Black-and-White Warb- 
ler. When disturbed, the Nashville Warb- 
ler frequently utters a sharp,chipping note. 
Here their favorite nesting site is rough 
pasture land covered with ‘ ‘cradle-knolls,’’ 
and more or less grown up to brakes, 
bushes and small trees—just sucha locality 
as is preferred by the Yellow Palm and 
Wilson’s Warblers, both of which breed here 
sparingly. 
I have found but two nests of the Nash- 
ville Warbler, both of which were located 
in bushy pastures. The first was found 
June 5, 1893, in the adjoining town of 
Detroit. The nest was placed in the side 
ofa knoll, well concealed by brakes and 
brush; built of grass, with some moss and 
leaves; lined with fine grass and horse-hair. 
It contained four fresh eggs, which were 
white, spotted and blotched with light-red, 
reddish brown and lavender, more thickly 
at the larger end. These eggs are rather 
long, and pointed at the smaller end, meas- 
uring .67 x .46, .66 x .47, .66 x .46, .64 x 
.45. The bird was flushed from the nest. 
The second nest was found May 30,1894. 
This nest was placed on the routs of a 
small bush that grew from the side of a 
knoll; it was composed largely of grass 
with some moss, lined with horse-hair and 
and fine red hair-like moss-stems. It con- 
tained five eggs, one half incubated, which 
were white, spotted with dark reddish- 
brown and lavender, with a tendency to 
form a wreath around the larger end. They 
measure .60 X .50, .59 X .47, .58 X 50,.58x 
-49, -56 x .49, being more round than those 
first taken. When a nest of this species is 
disturbed the birds stay near, but utter few 
complaints. In the bush the Nashville 
Warbler has the appearance of a rather 
small bird with olive back, bluish head and 
neck, yellow throat and breast, and tail 
without white blotches. The chestnut crown 
patch can hardly be seen unless the bird is 
in the hand. 
C. H. MorreE.u. 
Pittsfield, Me. 
L awe 
Eggs of the Western Evening Grosbeak 
Rollo H. Beck, of Berryessa, California, and 
Wilfred H. Osgood of San Jose, have just returned 
from their successful collecting trip in the Sierra 
Nevada mountains, Mr. Beck secured a nest and 
four eggs, with parent, of the Western Evening 
Grosbeak. The eggs are distinctly different from 
those of the Black-headed Grosbeak, and make it 
certain that those secured by Mr. Fiske in the 
valley, and which were too far advanced to blow, 
could not have been those of the Western Evening 
Grosbeak The taking of this rare set, with 
description of eggs, will be written up for the Sep- 
tember Nipo1octs7, and if it is found possible to 
do it correctly, we intend to publish a colored 
plate of the eggs. Mr. Osgood secured two sets 
of Calaveras Warbler and one of the Hermit 
Warbler, with parents, while Mr. Beck also took 
the nest and eggs of the Dwarf Hermit Thrush. 
