Auk, xn, July, 1896, pp-S^y,^. 



Nesting of Helminthophila leucobronchialis in Connecticut.— My col- 

 lector, Mr. Samuel Robinson, found here June 24, 1894, a nest of this 

 puzzling Warbler containing four eggs, but did not disturb it. The next 

 day I visited the spot and started the female from the nest a number of 



times. Her mate was i7. chrysoptera in normal plumage. He flew to the 

 female occasionally and was quite tame. At this time, when swinging 

 in an apple-tree near by, the drawling note peculiar to this species was 

 so faint as to require close attention to hear it. My first idea was to 

 leave the eggs and have them hatch, then watch the young and so try to 

 settle the perplexing question about these birds, but the nest was so 

 close to a cattle-path in the swamp that it was liable to be destroyed by 

 the animals when passing to and fro after water, they having already 

 nearly stepped in it. I finally waited until the 23d of the month and 

 took the nest and eggs and secvired both birds. After the female was 

 shot, and the male was unable to find her, his song changed and w-as as 

 loud and sharp as in early spring. The nest was on the ground among 

 thick alder bushes on the edge of a swampy thicket. It was composed 

 externally of dry leaves and a few pieces of coarse grass, and lined with 

 delicate strips of grape-vine bark. The eggs are white, finely and sparsely 

 speckled with reddish brown, the dots being more conspicuous about the 

 larger end, forming in one egg a noticeable ring. This female leucobron- 

 chialis is nearly as bright in color as the males. The chin, breast and 

 abdomen are marked with yellow, the breast strongly so. Wing-bars 

 yellowish white. I have now found Brewster's Warbler here for nine 

 successive years, the specimen referred to above being the only female. 

 The large series in my collection shows many variations. — Jno. H. Sage, 

 Portland, Conn. 



