lO FIELD AND FOREST. 



The moth expands a little over an inch ; the general colors are white 

 and brown, (see accompanying cut,) the whole surface of the wings 

 having a metallic lustre, which in the centre portion has a bluish or 

 purplish appearance. The body is 'silvery white, and the end of the 

 abdomen is adorned by two tufts of yellowish hairs ; legs and entire 

 urider-body white. Mr. Glover has, years ago, taken the insect in 

 Florida, but did not know of its ever having been troublesome, so we 

 must regard it as anew enemy to the cucumber, and, from the report 

 of our correspondent, a dangerous one. 



Editor, 



Nesting of the Worm-eating ^Varbler. 



Helmitherus vermivorus. — The Worm-eating Warbler is a species 

 whose habits during the breeding season are very imperfectly known, 

 while all the accurate history pertaining to it is the result of quite re- 

 cent observations. Wilson describes its manners very erroneously, for 

 he says that it is "among the nimblest of its family ;" on the contrary, 

 it is noted for unusual deliberation in its movements, a trait rendering 

 it conspicuously different from the restless and agile members of 

 the family to which it belongs. Audubon described what he thought 

 was the nest of this bird, but he undoubtedly had that of some other 

 before him, since he said it was placed in bushes. It was not until 

 December, 1869, that ornithologists Avere acquainted with the true 

 character of its nest and eggs, and other items pertaining thereto, 

 through an article in the American Naturalist, by Mr. T. H. Jackson, of 

 Winchester, Pennsylvania. That gentleman thus describes a nest and 

 eggs, which he found at that locality: " On the 6th of June, 1869, I 

 found a nest of this species containing five eggs. It was placed in a 

 hollow on the ground, much like the nest of the Oven-bird, {Seiurus 

 aurocapillus), and was hidden from sight by the dry leaves that lay 

 thickly around. The nest was composed externally of dead leaves, 

 mostly those of the beech, while the interior was prettily lined with 

 the fine thread-like stalks of the hair-moss {Polytrichium). Alto- 

 gether, it was a very neat structure, and looked to me as though the 

 owner was habitually a ground nester." 



