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quarters to five inches; inside depth, one and a half inches'. 

 The two sets of eggs, which seemed normal, consisted of four 

 eggs each, one set, pinkish, quite heavily marked and blotched 

 with dark brownish pink, especially at the larger end, and a 

 few fine marks and scratches of a darker color ; rather blunt at 

 the small end, and large for the bird, measuring .75 x .54, 

 .72 X .55, .76 X .54, .72 X .52 inches. The other set was white, 

 rather sparsely marked with lilac and brown spots and dots, 

 heaviest at the large end. In shape and general appearance 

 resembling a Redstart's, and measuring .66 x .50, .64 x .51, 

 .66 x .51, .64 x .51. 



215. Dendroica coronata. 



MYRTLE WARBLER. 



An abundant migrant. Dr. C. H. Merriam says : "Breeds 

 plentifully in the Adirondacks." 



216. Dendroica magnolia. 



MAGNOLIA WARBLER. 



A common migrant. A few remain to breed in the northern 

 part of the county. Of five nests found, four were placed in 

 eve'-greens, from six to fifteen feet from the ground, in swampy 

 woods. The fifth nest, taken July ist, 1886, half a mile north 

 of Wilmurt P. O., Herkimer County, was placed in a thick 

 deciduous bush, underneath an evergreen, in a clump of small 

 branches, two and a half feet from the ground, in a beaver 

 meadow on the outer edge of the thick woods. It measured : 

 Outside diameter, three and a half inches; inside diameter, 

 two and one-eighth inches ; outside depth, one and three-quar- 

 ters inches; inside, seven-eighths of an inch. Composed of 

 dry hemlock twigs, lined with fine, black, hair-like roots. The 

 four eggs which it contained were white, spotted and blotched 

 with lilac and brown, heaviest at the larger end, and measured 

 .67 X .50, .67 X .50.. .66 X .50, .66 X .50 inches. 



