p 



p 



h 



ij A Series of Eggs of the Nashville 

 Three years ago I left an unde- Warbler. 

 terrt.inedsetof Ground-building Warbler's „ot at all a rare bird the eggs of 



eggs \because I could not shoot either par- j^ashviUe Warbler {Ilelminthophlla rufica- 

 ent. 'j:^fi year I tijok a nest and five eggs, ,iiia) are very difficult to obtain, and are sel- 

 identical* with the others, in the same place, lom seen in large series in collections. Their 

 and secured the female by stealing my hat 'ariation in coloration is much less than that 



oyer the nest. The bird proved to be a "'^^^ °/ *^ 'I'^'^'T". 



AT 1, -11 tVr 11 m, •, ,. , low before me may be thus described : 



Nashville ^^^arbler. The situation, the May 30, 1880. Hud.son, Mass. Nest on 



sunken nest with moss-covered hp flush g,.ound. Three eggs, fresh. Very light, 

 with the surface, the color and markings .reamy-white, 



of the eggs, and all surroundings, exactly 

 coincide with the well-known description 

 of this species by A. Allen, copied into 

 " Birds of the Northwest." 



te season of '82 has narr 

 circle of local i^jtiSJiJ — lince species 

 which IJjii^'Ifot positively foimd 



iefore. — J. M. TF., Norwich, Conn. 



eggs, fresh. ^ ,^ , 

 speckled, principally near the 



in. Nest 

 1 tussock 

 icubation 



„.rger ends, with vinaceous, and a few speoki 

 3f lilac-gray. The markings form wreaths: 

 ,6.TX.49, .69x.4i); .64x.r)0. 



Set II. May 30, 1887. Detroit, Mi 

 of fine grass, lined with hair, etc. I 

 of grass in a marsh. Four eggs, i 

 advanced. White, speckled with 

 and a few dots of lilac-gray. Tlie markings j 

 are larger and heavier near the larger ends: I 

 .60X..50; .61X.49; .62x.4!); .62x.48. 



Set III. .June 6, 188-2. Preston, Conn. Nest 

 under tussock of grass, imbedded in the soil, 

 the edge iiusli with the surface of the ground. 

 The edges of the nest were covered with moss 

 like a Pewee's nes".. Five eggs, fresh. Light, 

 .,.-eamy-white, speckled, more heavily near the 

 larger ends, with vinaceous and a few minute 

 markings of lilac-gray. This set was collected 

 by the celebrated oologist ".J. M. W." (Mr. C. L. 

 Rawson), and contains much smaller eggs than 



those usually laid by the Nashville Warbler. 

 They measure: .u6x.4.5; .56x.4(j; ..5(ix.46; 

 ..')7x.46; ..57X.47. (This set, as well as Sets 

 iandll' is described by me in Davie's Nettta 

 aiidJiggs, 1889, p. .362.) 



Set IV. June 8, 1888. Farmington, Maine. 

 Nest on ground, at foot of small maple. Made 

 of fine grass lined with white horse-hair. Four 

 eggs, fresh. White, speckled with hazel. The 

 markings are larger and closer together near 

 the larger ends: .64x..51; .64x.52; .63x..5I; 

 .60X.48. This set also contains a Cowbird's 



egg- 

 Set V. June 4, 1887. Farmington, Maine. 

 Nest made of grass and moss, lined with fine 

 roots, and placed at the foot of a little bank, 

 beneath dead and thickly overhanging brakes. 

 Four eggs, fresh. Light creamy-white, speck- 

 led with hazel and a few minute dots of lilac, 

 gray. In three of the eggs the markings are 

 principally confined to the larger ends, but the 

 fourth has larger spots and they are more 

 scattered all over the surface: .()2x.49; 

 .Olx.49; .()2x..-)0; .01 x .49. 



Set VI. June .->, 1888. Farmington, Maine. 

 Nest concealed in side of small knoll, beneath 

 dead brakes and small spruce. Jlade of grass 

 and moss, and lined with hair. Four eggs, 

 fresh. White, heavily spotted, especially at 

 the larger ends, with cinnamon rufous. The 

 markings on this set are larger and heavier 

 than on any other eggs of this species that I 

 have ever seen, and they produce a very bril- 

 liant and handsome etTect: .64x.47; .(i4x.47; 

 .OOx.47; .03X.47. J.P.N. 

 Q,^0. %.V. Feb .1890 pJJ -JLi^ 



)0l 



