dry leaves, lined with hair moss, on a steep 

 hillside sloping to a creek, beneath a tuft of 

 laurel which overhung and partially concealed 

 it. Mr. Jackson says: "The female was very 

 tame, and allowed me to approach within two 

 feet of the nest before leaving it, and then 

 fluttered on the ground at my feet. The nest 

 was situated on the side of a thickly wooded 

 ravine, with a thick growth of laurel and other 

 undergrowth." Five eggs, incubation begun. 

 Light creamy white, profusely speckled with 

 chesfnut, and a few specks of lavender-gray. 

 Near the larger ends the markings are much 

 heavier: .(i9x.o4; .70x.54; .71x.5.t; .69x..'54; 



Set XI. June 27, 1889. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Samuel B. Ladd. Nest 

 of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, on ground 

 under a small bush. Four eggs, incubation 

 begun. White, uniformly spotted all over the 

 surface wi th hazel : . 09 x . o4 ; . 66 x . 54 ; . 73 x . 54 ; 

 .69x.5:^. 



Set Xn. June HO, 1889. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Samuel B. Ladd. Nest 

 of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, on ground 

 under a small bush. Four eggs, incubation 

 begun. White, thickly spotted and si)eckled 

 with chestnut and a few markings of lavender- 

 gray. Near the larger ends the markings are 

 much heavier, and on one of the eggs they 

 form an indistinct wreath: .6()X.50; .67x.51; 

 .66X.51; .09X.52. 



Set Xlir. May 10, 1889. Iredell County, 

 North Carolina. Collected by E. B. Mc- 

 Laughlin. Nest of dry leaves, lined witli hair 

 moss, on ground on a steep hillside. This set 

 is interesting on account of coming from North 

 Carolina, and also as showing that the birds 

 choose exactly the same materials for their 

 nest in that State that they do in Pennsylvania. 

 Four eggs, incubation begun. White, heavily 

 speckled, principally at the larger ends, with 

 chestnut, and a few markings of lavender-gray. 

 On one of the eggs the markings are so close 

 together at the larger end that they almost 

 become confluent: .05x.51; .65x.52; .65x.54: 

 .65X.52. 



Set XIV. May :30, 1888. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Thomas H. Jackson. 

 Nest of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, sunk 

 into ground, on steep liillside, under a bunch 

 of laurel. Four eggs, fresh. White, thickly 

 speckled and spotted with hazel, and a few 

 markings of lavender-gray. Near the larger 

 ends the markings form wreaths on three of 

 the eggs: .(i7x.51; .06 x.54; .66 x.51 ; .67x.51. 



Set XV. June 3, 1889. Chester County, 



Penn. Collected by Samuel B. Ladd. Nest 

 of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, on ground 

 under a bush. Five eggs, incubation com- 

 menced. Light creamy white, profusely 

 speckled with hazel and a few markings of 

 lavender-gray. Near the larger ends the 

 markings are much heavier: .68x.56; .7Ox.50; 

 .67X..55; .04x.52; .05x..54. 



SetXVI. May HO, 1888. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Thos. H. Jackson. Nest 

 of dry leaves, lined with hair moss, on ground, 

 under a small dogwood tree, growing on a 

 hillside. In a very dark, rocky part of the 

 woods, near a stream. Five eggs, incubation 

 advanced. White, very heavily speckled, but 

 principally at the larger ends, with chestnut 

 and a few markings of lavender-gray. The 

 markings are so close together that they are 

 almost confluent: .77x.55; .74x..56; .72x.D5; 

 .72X.50; .7:^x..5e. 



SetXVIL May .31, 1880. Chester County, 

 Penn. Collected by Thomas H. Jackson. 

 Nest of dry leaves, lined with hair moss. Mr. 

 Jackson says: "The nest was situated on a 

 steep hillside, in woods, at the root of a small 

 hickory tree about a hundred feet from a 

 stream. The birds were very tame and 

 showed great alarm at my presence." Six 

 eggs, incubation begun. White, profusely 

 speckled with chestnut and lilac-gray. Near 

 the larger ends the markings are so heavy 

 that they partially obscure the surface: 

 .67x 54; .05x.55; .65x.55; .66x.56; .64x.53; 

 .09x..>3. J.P.N. 



