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Bachman's Warbler. 



Some time ago I stated, in speaking of the then recent discovery of nest 

 and eggs of Kirtland's Warbler, that "Bachman's Warbler now occupies 

 a unique position and we trust for trustworthy information in regard to its 

 nest and eggs before long." (See Oologist, No. 201, pp. 60.) 



No one called my attention to it at the time but the nest and eggs of 

 this bird had already been described. 



In the "Auk," July, 1897, Mr. Robt. Ridgway described a set taken in 

 Missouri as follows: 



Type set now in U S. National Museum taken by the veteran collector, 

 Otto Widmann on Kolb Island, Dunklin county, Mo., May 17, 1897. 



Nest a somewhat compressed compact mass composed externally of dried 

 weed and grass stalks and dead leaves, many of the later partially 

 skeletonized. 



Lining of black fibres, apparently dead threads of the black Lichen 

 (Ramalina sp.) which hang in beard-like tufts from Button bushes 

 (Ophalanthiis) and other shrubs growing in the wet portions of the south- 

 western bottom lands. 



Nest 3 I -2 by 4 in. outside. Inside cavity i}4 by 2 in. Eggs three. 

 Regularly ovate. Pure white in color. Measurements .63 by .48, .64 by 

 .49, .63 by .40. 



On May 13, 1898 Mr. Widmann secured another set now in the col- 

 lection of J. P. Norris, Jr., Phila, Penn. 



Through the kindness of Mr. Norris I am able to describe this set as 

 follows: 



Nest was found on Buffalo Island, Dunklin county, Mo., was placed 2 

 feet from the ground in a blackberry bush in full bloom. Similar in struc- 

 ture to the type nest and not attached to branches but simply supported 

 between half a dozen of them. 



Eggs three. Pure china white and glossy. Size practically as in type 

 set. 



The female was sitting when the nest was found at 10 a. m. on the 1 3th, 

 and Mr. Widmann left it until the next day but secured only the three 

 eggs. Evidently three is a full complement. Possibly they never lay 

 more though it would need a more extended acquaintance to make this 

 certain. 



Through Mr. Norris' kindness we are able to present on another page a 

 good half-tone of this set in nest. 



E. H. Short. 



