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A nest of Wright's flycatcher was found on June 15 in the 

 edge of the woods at the right of the mour.h of Swan River. 

 It was in an upright fork five feet from the ground, in a clump 

 of maple sprouts. It contained four fresh eggs. The nest 

 stands three inches in height and three inches in diameter. 

 The cavity is one and seven-eighths inches in diameter, and one 

 and one-half inches deep. The nest is constructed of grayish veg- 

 etable fibers and shreds of birch bark, with minute downy 

 feathers woven into the inner wall for lining, together with 

 fine grasses used sparingly. The eggs are pale creamy white. 



The second nest was taken on June 18, on the ridge east of 

 the bridge. It was ten feet from the ground, in a crotch 

 near the top of a maple clump, and contained five eggs ad- 

 vanced in incubation. This nest was also made of long grayish 

 vegetable fibers, the coarser ones being used externally. In the 

 inner portion of the wait were woven small downy feathers, 

 one noticeably yellow, besides cottony .material which gave the 

 lining a felted appearance similar to some nests of the yellow 

 warbler, Dendroica aestiva. This nest is one and three-fourths 

 inches average diameter and one and three-fourths inches deep, 

 internal measurements. In outward dimensions it is the same 

 as in the preceding instance. 



The third nest was found on the eastern side of the ridge 

 which lies east of the Swan Eiver bridge. It was situated in a 

 crotch four feet from the ground in a clump of maple sprouts. 

 In construction and appearance it is similar to the two nests 

 described. It contained three eggs, the set being evidently in- 

 complete, as the eggs were quite fresh, though the female 

 was sitting when the nest was discovered. The record is for 

 June 20. 



The fourth nest of this flycatcher was taken on June 25, hav- 

 ing been found some days before but left for further examina- 

 tion. It was in the edge of the swampy woods at the right 

 of Swan River, eight feet from the ground in a crotch against 

 an oblique stem in the periphery of a clump of maple sprouts. 

 This nest contained four eggs, in which incubation had well 

 begun. 



Thus our notes show that the average distance of these nests 

 from the ground was somewhat less than seven feet; all were 

 placed in uprisrht forks or crotches in clumps of maple, gen- 

 erally in the periphery of the clump; all were made of grayish 

 vegetable fibers, having downy feathers woven into the inner 

 surface of the walls; and the complement generally consists 

 of four or five eggs. 



