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nest contained four eggs, quite fresh, though the bird had begun to 

 incubate; the nest itself was composed of stalks of dried weeds, 

 fibres of bark, rootlets and hair firom the tails of horses and cattle; 

 the next summer I saw another complete nest of this bird, it con- 

 tained no eggs; this was placed in the top of a small bushy blue- 

 beech five or six feet high, and situated in a swampy piece of bush 

 land. {W. L. Kelts.) A very abundant species last spring (1903); 

 the 17th May last I discovered a nest, most certainly a v/arbler's, 

 which resembled those of the yellow warbler, built in the forked 

 branches of a small maple about seven feet from the ground ; this was 

 in a hardwood thicket ; there was but one egg in it, white with small, 

 dark spots; I did not disturb either the nest or egg as I was desirous 

 of seeing who the owners were ; I watched for some time but saw only 

 a myrtle warbler and she did not seem to be over anxious to claim 

 the dainty little nest and its contents,. so I left it, intending to call 

 soon again, but did not get a chance until a week later when, to my 

 sorrow, I found only the nest, which, however, seemed as sound as 

 ever, but its contents were gone ; so I am unable to prove it a mjrtle 

 warbler's nest, but from the actions of the birds about it when I 

 first saw it, I believe it belonged to this species. {A . F. Young.) In 

 The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XVIII., p. 151, Mr. L. M. Terrill gives a 

 very full account of the breeding of this bird in Compton co.. Que. 



655a. Hover Warbler. 



Dendroica coronata hooveri McGregor. 1899. 



Though not now generally recognized as separable from typical 

 coronata we still retain its varietal name for most of our Alaskan 

 and B.C. coast specimens. 



Western United States, breeding probably in British Columbia 

 and Alaska. {Allen in The Auk, Vol. XVI., p. 343.) First seen at 

 Victoria, B.C., April 26th, 1893, and two following days when they 

 appeared in large numbers flying about in the poplar trees; they 

 left in a few days; they were seen up to May 13th at Cedar hill, 

 near Victoria, in 1887; common at Huntingdon on the Interna- 

 tional Boundary, in the Fraser river valley, in September, 1902; 

 not common at Clayoquot sound, Vancouver island in September, 

 1907. (Spreadborough.) British Columbia. {Lord.) Not com- 

 mon and found only near the coast ; a few individuals were found on 



