BIRDS 



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in the mangrove swamps of Albemarle and Narboro. On March 4 a 

 nest was obtained at Iguana Cove, Albemarle, situated a few feet 

 above the ground in the horizontal fork of a small bush. It contained 

 four slightly incubated eggs. The nest is very compactly made and 

 well shaped. The outside is composed of dead, grayish plant stems, 

 green grass and a considerable quantity of cotton ( Gossypium) . The 

 interior is lined with fine brownish rootlets and a few feathers. The 

 dimensions are as follows: height 55, diameter 10, depth of cavity 33, 

 diameter of interior 45. 



The eggs are broadly oval in shape, resembling those of Helmith- 

 erus vermivorus, which they equal in size. The ground color of 

 two of the specimens is light buff ; this is heavily spotted and blotched, 

 chiefly in the form of a wreath about the larger end, with umber, 

 chestnut, lavender gray and black. The other specimen (one was 

 brokeri,) is more finely spotted with the same colors on a creamy white 

 ground. They all measure 17 x 14. 



MEASUREMENTS OF ADULT SPECIMENS OF Dcndrotca 



■petechia aureola. 



Another nest was found on June 27 near Tagus Cove, Albemarle. 

 This nest contained two incubated eggs, only one of which was pre- 

 served. The nest was situated on a horizontal limb of a mangrove 

 tree (Avtcennia) about twelve feet above the water of the swamp. 

 Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., January, 1904. 



