r> W SHUFELDT, 



Nesting Habits of Galeoscoptes carolinensis. — This spring (1893) a 

 pair of Catbirds {Galeoscoptes carolinensis) took it upon themselves to 

 bui]d a nest in a small but dense honeysuckle vine that runs over a wire 

 netting under the very roof of the side veranda of my house. Not in the 

 least daunted by either cats, children, or constant passers-by, they had 

 evidently come to stay and rear a brood. It occurred to me that it might 

 be a good opportunity to note the exact times of their egg-laying, and also 

 the precise number of days included within the period of incubation. After 

 the nest had been completed twenty-four hours the female deposited her 

 first egg, and then laid three more, making four in all, upon the hours 

 and days as set forth in the subjoined record. 



First egg laid May 11, 1893, at 10.35 a m. 



Second " " " 12, " " 9. 40 A. M. 



Third " " " 13. " " 9 i.S A. M. 



Fourth" " " 14, " " 10 IS A. M. 



