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bird, though the eggs of both species are much similar. The scolding 

 notes of this bird soon brought her mate upon the scene, but he 

 seemed more disposed to sport with her than assist to drive off the 

 intruder. Both birds, however, came quite close, and I identified 

 thetn as a pair of the black-throated blue warbler species. Being 

 anxious to secure this nest and a full set of eggs, I noted the place 

 and returned four days later. Then the female was seated on the 

 nest, and when she flushed off I found that it contained three of her 

 own eggs and one of a cowbird. These I collected and prepared for 

 my cabinet, but they have since passed to the collection of a gentle- 

 man in Philadelphia. After I had secured the nest and eggs above 

 described, on my homeward way, I found another nest of the same 

 species. This was also placed .in the fork of a small maple twig, 

 about two feet off the ground, and on the outskirts of a thick patch 

 of low underwood, and then contained three young of the bird's own 

 two or three days old, and also a young of the cowbird. I noted in 

 both cases that the old birds on leaving the nests dropped to the 

 ground and made quite a commotion among the dry leaves, evidently 

 with the intention of diverting attention from the nests. {W. L. 

 Kells.) 



655. Myrtle Warbler. 



Dendroica coronata (Linn.) Gray. 1842. 



Three examples taken in Greenland prior to i860. (Ard. Man.) 

 A single example, an adult male, was taken in Godhaven harbour, 

 Greenland, July 31st, 1878. (Kumelin.) Audubon, Vol. II., p. 24, 

 found them plentiful in Labrador, with young scarcely able to fly. 

 Drexler obtained specimens July 21st, i860, at Moose Factory. 

 (Packard.) Rather common on the southern half of the coast of 

 Labrador. (Bigelow.) A common summer migrant in Newfound- 

 land. (Reeks.) Common in Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) The 

 commonest warbler in the vicinity of "Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) 

 Common summer resident at Sydney, Cape Breton island, N.S. 

 (C. R. Harte.) Brought to Sable island in a north west gale, Sep- 

 tember 30, 1905; seen in numbers, September 29, 1907. (/. Bou- 

 telier.) An abundant species at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton 

 island, July, 1898; in spruce trees along Brackley point, Prince 

 Edward island, June 29th, 1888. (Macoun.) Common on Prince 

 Edward island. Their favorite haunts were clumps of spruces and 



