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lighter and much less penetrating, sheep, sheep, sheep, shea?', shear 

 sheep ; or sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep, shea?', sheep. Another song 

 heard in Yakima county was much more varied and bright. A nest 

 found in the latter place was barely lifted clear of the ground by the over- 

 hanging branches of a rosebush. 



Pileolated Warbler, Sylvanhi pusilla pileolaia. — Although a num- 

 ber of birds were seen it was almost impossible to route them out of 

 their favorite tangles long enough for inspection. I introduce them in 

 this connection solely to describe the song which I heard repeatedly, but 

 especially at Snoqualmie Falls on the west . side of the mountains. It 

 consisted of a single syllable repeated in a lively crescendo "chip, chip, 

 chip, CHIP, CHIP." I could not but contrast it with the song of S. 

 pusilla heard this spring. The latter was a more varied strain of 

 lighter and less emphatic character, chee, chipitititity, chee, chee. This 

 is of course quite unpronounceable at first, but conveys the idea to the 

 eve. William L. Dawson, Oberlin, Ohio. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Nesting of the Robin, Merula migratoria . — On April 24, I found a 

 nest in a wild cherry, about eight feet up and directly over about six feet 

 of water. The robin flew off at my approach, and on climbing to the 

 nest I found it contained one egg. The next day, April 25, being Sun- 

 day, I did not visit the nest, but on April 26, the nest contained three 

 eggs. I supposed that the set would be completed on the next day, but 

 the fourth egg was not laid until noon of the 28th, leaving a day and a 

 half between the laying of the third and fourth egg. Incubation was ap- 

 parently begun with the laying of the third egg, as I passed the nest sev- 

 eral times each day and the female was always on the nest. I had 

 intended to take notes on the incubation, but on April 30 no trace of 

 the nest could be found, probably having been taken by some boys. 



About April 28, a pair of Robins began a nest in a large pine back of 

 our place, but they were driven away by a pair of Mourning Doves 

 {Zenaidura macroura) before the first egg *was laid. This is the first 

 time I have ever seen the Mourning Doves interfere with any other birds, 

 although they are very common here now. 



Russell Gray, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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