three branches has a very strong band and reeving of grasses joining it to the nest just 

 where it forks, and one branch is attached to the side of the nest for four inches, one 

 for two, and one for one inch. Outside the greatest depth is six inches, while inside the 

 greatest depth is three inches and a half, so that the bottom of the nest is very thick ; 

 in fact the walls are thick throughout, being fully half an inch at the rim of the nest 

 where they are thinnest. The diameter of the inside of the nest at the top, where it is 

 largest, is four inches, and the shape inside is that of a shallow cup. 



"No. 2. A nest taken the same day, and in the same kind of tree, about forty 

 feet distant from that just described, is almost identical with it in structure. It is 

 attached on its sides to four twigs, the attachments varying from three to five inches. 

 It was about twelve feet from the ground and contained three fresh eggs. 



"No. 3. Nest of May 29. Ash tree. Thirty feet from ground. Three eggs slightly 

 incubated. A typical and rather bulky, purse-shaped structure, with a very wide 

 opening. The w^alls are not thick, except at the bottom of the nest, and are composed 

 of dry yucca fibre rather loosely woven. The lining is of the same material, only finer 

 and softer. The nest is fastened to two twigs and the clusters of leaves belonging to 

 them. One twig is attached to the side of the nest for four inches, the other only slightly 

 to the rim. The exterior depth is six and the interior depth four inches, and the diameter 

 of the opening is three inches. 



"No. 4. Nest of the 17th of June; in an ash tree, about twenty-five feet from the 

 gi-ound, and contained four eggs. It is a true pensile nest and is built of yucca fibre 

 and grasses externally, the whole very loosely put together and but slightly woven. 

 There is a very slight lining of a few horse hairs and a little cotton-waste. The walls 

 are thick and the opening small. The general shape is that of a purse or pouch. The 

 exterior depth is seven and the interior depth five inches. The opening, which is covered 

 by leaves hanging over it, is oval, with a greater diameter of two and a half and a 

 lesser diameter of two inches. The eggs are typical. There are a number of bits of long 

 grasses and yucca fibers pendant from the w^alls outside, not having been w^oven into 

 the structure. 



No. 5. Nest of June 18. In a sycamore tree, twenty feet from the ground. Four 

 typical eggs. Kresh. Closely resembles the ordinary structure of the Baltimore Oriole, 

 but is rather shallower and the opening larger. Is attached to the tree only at three 

 points on the rim of the nest, and truly pensile. Built of same material inside and out, 

 i. e. fine dried grasses. The w^alls are about the same thickness throughout — about a 

 quarter of an inch. It is very compactly woven and is symmetrical. The depth outside 

 is three inches and inside two and three-quarter inches, and the opening has a diameter 

 of three inches." 



After having described a number of nests elaborately, Mr. Scott concludes his 

 interesting sketch as follows: "This completes the description of five of the nests taken 

 in the canon proper; a word as to some other nests of this species, found at but a 

 short distance away, will complete the record of nests observed. At a point on a cactus 

 desert, about a mile from where most of the nests enumerated were taken, I found a 

 nest of this species built on the trunk or stem of a yucca about eight feet from the 

 ground. It contained young birds almost ready to leave the nest. The trunks of many 



