the appearance of a much larger ground-nesting 

 bird. 



On visiting the nest on the 28th, found it to con- 

 tain one egg and on the 1st of June the set of five 

 were complete. These eggs were creamy white, 

 heavily spotted with brown, lavender and pearly grey 

 markings principally about the larger end where the 

 markings formed a wreath which encircled the egg. 

 These five eggs averaged .Q5x.55, which is slightly 

 larger than the usual average for the eggs of this 

 species. 



The incubating of the eggs was performed wholly 

 by the female during the eleven days immediately fol- 

 lowing the 1st of June, and, although the male was 

 very attentive to his patient little mate and brought 

 her many tempting morsels, always quickly left the 

 nest after depositing his prey on the nest rim, and 

 flew into the taller trees and was continually singing 

 its insect-like notes, which, to me, resembles the calls 

 of the Grasshopper Sparrow, much subdued, and the 

 Black and White Warbler. 



On the morning of the 12th the young emerged 

 from the shells and from that time on until June 22d, 

 when the youngsters left the nest, both parents pro- 

 vided an ample supply of insectivorous food for the 

 nestlings, often making as many as twenty visits dur- 

 ing an hour. The young left the nest at noon on the 

 22d in a condition, which to me appeared at least four 

 or five days ahead of an appropriate time for this pro- 

 cedure, but on the morning of the date of this writ- 

 ing were seen in company with the parents in the 

 adjacent copse of trees much advanced towards the 



