ground in the woods. Eggs long, but not 

 pointed. Glossy white, marked near the larger 

 ends with dark reddish Ijrown and lilac spots : 

 .67X.46; 70x.46; .69x.46; .71x.48. 



Set XIII. June 4, 1881. Groton Long Point, 

 New London County, Conn. Four eggs, fresh. 

 Nest in large lioi-ubeani tree in salt niarsli. 

 Tliirty feet from the ground. No 'bird on eggs 

 but heard. Nest unmistakable. Eggs creamy 

 white, quite glossy. Marked with spots and 

 species of dark reddish brown and lilao. These 

 are in the form of wreaths around tlie larger 

 ends, but tlie remainder of the eggs are almost 

 wholly unmarked: .6.5x48; .60x47; .67x.48; 

 .66X.47. 



Set X[V. June 5, J88o. Monroe County, 

 Penn. Collected by Theodore Koth. Three 

 eggs, fresh. Nest of hanging mos.s, on oak 

 tree, about thii'ty feet from the ground. Eggs 

 very small. White, quite heavily spotted with 

 reddish brown and lilac: .61x.4.t; .61x.44; 

 .60X.42. 



Set XV. May 29, 1886. Hell Gate, Preston, 

 Conn. Four eggs, fi'esh. Nest in low dead 

 savin, near path in deciduous woods. Female 

 seen. Eggs white, quite heavily spotted with 

 bright reddish brown and lilac. These are 

 principally grouped around the larger ends : 

 .64X.47; !62x.47; .61x.47; .0.3 x. 47. 



Set XVI. June 12, 1881. Groton, Long Point, 

 New London County, Conn. Two eggs, fresh. 

 Nest in low swamp oak, reached from ground. 

 Eggs white, marked at large ends with bright 

 reddish brown spots : .68 x .44 ; 64 x Ao. 



Set XVII. June 4, 1881. Groton Long Point, 

 New London County, Conn. Four eggs, fresh. 

 Nest in swamp oak, near trunk, and seven feet 

 from the ground. It was constructed of umiea. 

 Female on eggs. Male near. Eggs white, 

 spotted and .speckled all over with bright red- 

 dish brown and a few lilac ones: .67x.48; .66 

 X.46; .69x48; .67x.47. 



Set XVIir. June 4, 1881. Groton Long 

 Point, Conn. Four eggs, fresh. Nest in 

 swamp maple. Eggs light creamy white speck- 

 led! with lilac and dark reddish brown. At 

 the larger ends the specks form indistinct 

 wreaths: .71x.47; .68x.4,5; .68 x.46; .71x.4.5. 



Set XIX. June 12, 1886. Groton Long Point, 

 near Noank, Conn., on Long Island Sound. 

 Seven eggs, incubation just begun, and equally 

 in the whole clutch. Nest hidden in lieavy 

 growth of hanging lichen, about twelve feet 

 from the ground, and near the trunk of out- 

 standing oak. It was betrayed by the female, 

 who was startled from the eggs by jarring the 

 tree. No other nests or birds on tree. Eggs 



glossy white speckled and spotted with lilac 

 and bright reddish brown. The markings 

 form indistinct w-reaths near the lai-ger ends; 

 .08 X .;30; .6.0 x .51; .60 x .4!); .06 x .49; 

 .60x50; .04X.48; .06 x .,51. 



Set XX. May 11, 1887. Iredell County, 

 North Carolina. Collected by R. B. McLaugh- 

 lin. Five eggs, fresh. Nest made almost com- 

 pletely of long gray moss, woven together. 

 Lined with a few feathers and soft materials. 

 Female on nest. Eggs white, speckled .and 

 spotted, almost wholly at the larger ends, with 

 lilac and bright reddish brown: .09x.47; .70 x 

 .47; .68X.47; .69x.48; .68x.4C. 



Set XXI. June .'5, 188.3. Harvey's Swamp, 

 Prestoti, New London County, Conn. Three 

 eggs, fresh. Nest on dead limb of green white 

 oak. All made of nsnm, no lining. Two other 

 nests building near by. Both male and female 

 seen. Eggs light creamy white, quite blunt, 

 and heavily wreathed with very dark reddish 

 brown and lilac. They bear a remarkable re- 

 semblance to certain undoubted eggs of Den- 

 drceca virens before the wi'iter: .60 x..50; .66 x 

 ..50; .66X.49. 



Set XXII. June 11, 1886. Groton Long 

 Point, New London County, Conn. T'hree 

 eggs. Nest in tall swamp — huckleberry bush 

 — nsnea over bush and neighboring trees. 

 Birds seen. Eggs white, (juite heavily spotted 

 near the larger ends with reddish brown and 

 lilac: .70 x.46; .68x.47; .66x.47. 



Set XXIIL June 4, 1886. Groton Long 

 Point, New London County, Conn. Three 

 eggs, incubation begun. Nest on a large horn- 

 beam tree, low down, and near the trunk. 

 Eggs creamy white, and glossy, wreathed near 

 the larger ends with light reddisli Inown and 

 lilac: .08X.48; .69x.47; .06 x .47. 



Set XXIV. June 11, 1886. Groton Long 

 Point, New London County, Conn. Four eggs, 

 fresh. Nest in oak tree, near trunk, twenty- 

 tive feet from ground. Eggs white, beautifully 

 wi'eathed near the larger ends with bright red- 

 dish brown spe(!ks, and also a few lilac ones. 

 The remainder of the surface is almost wholly 

 unmarked: .e7x.51; .66x.50; .66x.48: .65 

 x .49. 



Set XXV. June 8, 1886. Hell Gate, East 

 Side, Preston, Conn. Four eggs. Nest on a 

 long savin limb, with foliage. It hung con- 

 spicuously as there was no other bunch of 

 moss on the tree. Four rods from the tree con- 

 taining this nest, there were other nests of this 

 species, containing eggs, both east and west. 

 Eggs light creamy white, quite heavily wreath- 

 ed near the larger ends with light reddish 



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brown and lilac. The remainder of the .surface 

 is almost wholly without markings. Very 

 small: .60x.47; .01 x.46; .02x.47; .63x.47. 



Set XXVI. June 8. 1886. Hell Gate, East 

 Side. New London County, Conn. Four eggs, 

 fresh. Nest in green savin, usnea covered, low 

 down. Otlicr nest.s in near neighborhood. 

 Many birds in colony. Eggs white and quite 

 glossy. Heavily marked near the largei cuds 

 with large spots of bright reddish brown and a 

 few lilac spots. The markings form wieaths, 

 and the remainder of the eggs are immaculate : 

 .6.5 X. 47; .66x.50; .67x.47; .66x.49. 



Set XXVII. June 11, 1886. Groton, Long 

 Point, Conn. Pour eggs, fresh. Ne.st in 

 swamp maple, eleven feet from the ground. 

 Female covering eggs. Eggs light creamy 

 white, spotted over most of iheir surface, hut 

 especially near the larger ends, with light red- 

 dish brown and lilac: .6-ix.47; .67x.47; .66 x 

 .47; .66X.47. 



SetXXVlII. June 4, 1881. Groton Long 

 Point, Conn. Four eggs. Nest in stunted 

 maple on edge of wooded swamp. Birds near. 

 Eggs glossy, ci-f.iniy white, unmarked except 

 at^the hirgeV ends, where they are heautitullv 

 wreathed with light reddisli browti and lilac 

 spots: .66X.48; .G4x.47: .05 x .48 ; .05x.47. 



Set XXIX. May 25, 18S1. Hell (iate, Pres- 

 ton, Conn. Three eggs, incubation begun. 

 Nest in small dead savin, six feet front the 

 ground. Eggs creamy white, heavily marked 

 near the larger ends with very bright reddish 

 hrown and lilac spots : .68 x .49 ; .69 s .48 ; .68 

 x.46. 



Set XXX. June 7, 1883. Long Point, Gro- 

 ton, on Fisher's Island Sound (Long Island 

 Sound) Conn. Four eggs, fresh. Nest in 

 large hornbeam tree, outside ol swamp. Made 

 of banging lichen, on lowest limb. Female 

 covering clutch until touclied. Eggs glossy, 

 creamy white, heavily marked over most of 

 their surface with light reddish brown and 

 lilac. The nuirkings principally take the form 

 of large spots, closer together near the larger 

 ends in three of them, but in the fourth they 

 are grouped around the smaller end. The 

 maj-kings are unusually heavy for this species : 

 .63X.48; .62 x.46; .61x.47; .56 x .48. 



Set XXXI. June 1, 1886. Long Society, 

 Preston, Conn. Three eggs. Nest in green 

 birch sprout, about three feet from ground. 

 Female on. Eggs glossy, creamy white. Very 

 heavily blotched with very bright reddish 

 brown and lilac. The blotches are unusually 

 large and confluent for this species, and are 

 nearly all grouped around the larger end. Re- 



markably showy eggs: .65 x.47; .67x.48; .06 

 X .50. 



SetXXXlI. June 4, 1886. Rehoboth, Bris- 

 tol County, Mass. Collected by Frederic H. 

 Carpenter. Five eggs, incubation advanced. 

 Nest the usual pendant structure of usnea; 

 nearly globular, and placed on an old moss- 

 covered :ipple tree, fifteen feet from the ground. 

 Woids fail to descril)e this exceedingly brill- 

 iantly colored set, which wore generously pre- 

 sented to the writer by Mr. Carpenter. The 

 ground color is pure white, unsullied by the 

 slightest stain. The markings are chiefly con- 

 fined to tire larger ends, and consist of large 

 spots of the most brilliant vermillion red. No 

 coloration on any other eggs of this species 

 ever seen by the writer approaches it in bright- 

 ness, and the contrast of the very bright red 

 with the ])ure white makes a very beautiful 

 appearance: .65 x .40; .63 x.44; .66 x.47; 

 .05 X .15 ; .07 X .46. 



Set XXXIII. May 31, 1887. Hell Gate, Pres- 

 ton, Conn. Five eggs, fresh. Nest in only 

 bunch of v!<iiea on dead juniper, Ave feet f I'om 

 giound. Conspicuous from its position raid- 

 way on long, <dean horizontal branch. Female 

 seen many times; lioth parents observed when 

 set was"t;ikpn. Eggs pure while, and very 

 glossy for this species. Speckled and spotted 

 with dark reddish brown and lilac. The mark- 

 higsform wi eaths near the larger ends, and are 

 not perceptible on any other parts of the eggs. 

 Que of them has the ntarkings entirely of a 

 light lavender wreath, composed of specks of 

 that color: .61x.49; .n9x.40; .59x.48; .63 x 

 .48. 



Set XXXIV. June 1, 1884. Standish, Maine. 

 Collected by L. C. Holmes. Five eggs, fresh. 

 In low evergreen, nine feet from the ground. 

 Eggs creamy white, quite glossy ; speckled and 

 spotted with dark reddish brown and lilac. The 

 markings form indistinct wreaths near the 

 larger ends ; very long and pointed : .72 x .49 ; 

 .71X.48; .71X.48; .71x.48; .09x .47.-J. P. N.] . 



0.fen,.,yTT Tnn. 1883 p,|- 



388. Blue rellotv-backed Warhler. TU summer home. By G R C 

 Ib!d., pp. 124, 125. /jh Q. voi„ Slii 



324. Bluv rellow-backed Warhler [Panila a mericcia] Nesting- on 

 Shelter Island \N. r.'\ I'.v W. W. Woi Uiini;toii. Ihid^, VI. p. 62. 



44. The Wanhvj Seasun By J. M. W| hippie]. Jhid., VI, p. 12G.— 

 Includes notes on the breedini;- of Panda uiiiericaiia (six sets of eggs taken 

 May 29 and 30, and otlicr.=, found later), tlie Fish Hawk, and other species, 

 in Southern Connecticut. i 't»£Li, i-i'-i. .ij i Alio, JOUt* 



324. m»« TeUo-.v-ha, b,;l Warbler [Parula americamr] Nesting- oh 



Shelter Island \_N.r.\ I'.y W. W. Worthington. VI. p. 62. 



684. Bl«e rMo-.v-backed Warble.r\^ Ne^t EditoW.l 7, -, 



