Clstothorus stellarls . 



Concord, Ivlass. Nest and eggs. 



1893. 



July 23. visits. She came about as we were paclving the eggs said ut- 

 (No.3). tered her scolding churr but did not again show herself. Yes- 

 terday while I was at the nest she kept flying from place to 

 place in the. grass near me carrying in her bill something 

 white or whitish about half the size of one of her own eggs. 

 The femalebf the nest taken at Canton, June 10th also came 

 about us with a similar whitish object in her bill. At the 

 time we supposed her to be feeding yoimg of the first brood 

 but I ara very sure there were no young in this Heath Bridge 

 meadow yesterday. 



It was perfectly easy to see the eggs in this nest-or at 

 least most of thera-by merely bending the nest over so that 

 the sunlight could shine in. They looked very transparent and 

 had a decided rosy tinge. I rolled theia out of the nest just 

 as I always roll out Long-bill's eggs and with perfect success 

 although Bowles considers it a dangeroiis experiment. The 

 shells of these eggs although thinner than those of the Long- 

 bill's were decidedly thicker than the shell of a Warbler's 

 egg. They had a slight polish before they were blown. 



