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here (Cutchogue, N. Y.) about the first of May. In a few 

 weeks their nests are completed and taken possession of. 

 The eggs, usually four in number, are a very light blue, 

 splashed, dotted and marked with brown, lilac and black, 

 usually forming a pretty wreath around the larger end. 

 Their size differs. The nest is usually placed in an apple, 

 pear or shade tree. The height varies from 10 to 30 ft. 

 Lt is a neat affair composed of grass, hempen fibers, feath- 

 ers and horse-hair. This bird sometimes lays two or 

 three sets in a season. The Cbwbird sometimes selects 

 this little nest as a receptacle for its eggs. J. S. Griffing. 



Eggs of the Blue-winged Yellow Warbler, H. pinus 

 (Linn.) Baird. — Not long since I secured from a collector 

 in Indiana a set of eggs of H. pinus. Thinking a des- 

 cription of the nest and eggs would interest the readers 

 of the Loon I shall attempt to describe them. 



The nest was found on the ground in a bunch of weeds 

 and was composed of leaves and bark, lined With fine 

 grasses and rootlets. Being large and bulky it was, in 

 shape, not unlike an old-fashioned churn, that is, larger 

 at the bottom than at the top. The eggs, four in num- 

 ber, are white, with a few small reddish and light dirty- 

 brownish spots and blotches scattered over the entire 

 egg but more thickly at the larger end. They give the 

 following measurements: .63x.41, ,65x.47, .65x.46 and 



