Nov. 1887.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



183 



At a, distance these towering cliff's present a 

 most beautiful appearance, at one point strati- 

 lied with geometric lines of perfect masonry 

 and at others displaying the richest hues. On 

 the eascern side of the inlet the land from the 

 top of the ciifl's rises gradually for perliiips two 

 -iiOT-^o- _ l;iii)di;ed.jards, terminating in an abrupt ridge, 

 Turning homeward, I noticed in a big -'dead-ad to Swal- 

 in£"'apiue tree with the top broken oft', leaving'-' all. 'I'he 

 a wide, ragged hollow on the south side. Intot'iat of tiie 

 this were thrust four stout sticks. It was fully'r which at 

 thirty feet from the ground, and while 1 wasi^placed l.ij 

 wondering how they came thei'e, a Fish Hawkip of birch, 

 passed overhead and added a fifth stick to th(*ittered and 

 collection, thus solving my problem for me. lock. 



Tire planting ol: this stick was a work of conJ'J <inr Arst 

 siderable tinve and paticuce. The mate camcJime, whicli 

 and assisted, and some very animated conver-S first coiii- 

 sation ensued which i was too ignorant to trans-'t noticed a 

 late, or at least could only do so in a mannershe Hew to- 

 which could not be called anything but veryt'"' ' 

 "freely." I got quite interested in this piecpH"' " 

 of architecture, and spent a good deal of timei'" '', "hu h 

 during the next week "overseeing" the job. ^ iieiiiliu l^. 

 When till- nest was completed it loolo'd as it itah' can leil 

 was stuck against the south sfde of the stub,''' loi om.i- 

 and the hollow was plainly close to this edge.»'i'i''l.y 

 With a glass I could see the feathers of the sit-'jfi".i; >»'^*^'' 

 ting bird through the side of the nest. Aftei' bail s, 

 incubation was well advanced there came a'ifh hucces,^ 

 very windy spell of weather. A fter il- was over'> espet-ially 



burnt 

 culiar 



No. 2. Contains four eggs, resembling num- 

 ber one, having a few blotches of obscure lilac 

 on the crown and minutely dotted with van- 

 dyke. 



No. 3. Contains four eggs, beautifully wreath- 

 ed about the crown with reddish-brown dots 

 and deeper blotches. 



No. 4. Contains three eggs, similar to number 

 two, blotched more heavily with Vandyke and 

 umber. 



No b. Contains three eggs, and is the coun- 

 terpart of number one, the ring of Vandyke 

 being slightly more prominent. 



No. 0. Contains two eggs, blotched with ob- 

 scure lilac about tlie crown, while the whole 

 surface is fleitl-ted witli reddish-brown. 



Nos. 7 and 8. Are handsome sets, containing 

 four eggs each, being clouded on the crown 

 with otiscuro lilac, and blotched, spotted and 

 llecked vvitli bcautiiul sliades of brown. The 

 w'j'catli in these sets is not so clearly defined as 

 ill ollicrs. 



-M v veteran friend, Mr. Clieney, in a recent 

 leller icils me that he found between twenty 

 'and Ihiiiv c(aii|)l(ae sets during his leisure 



I '""" ^ o'.&' o.''xil.Nov.lB81 P. /W -/ir3 



addiiii; inate-^i'l- ' 



ed • 



the male was exceedingly activ 

 rial to the north side ot the stniclurc. I 'la ml \ L i 

 the winds had shown tltein that their doinic.ile^; 

 was top heavy, and he was balasting it for fear ' 

 a stronger gale might come and topple it over. ''"Id" ' - t" 

 Last year this same nest was repaired and the'-''*' ^"1' 'H'l' 

 old hollow completely filled up, and a new one?'^'''^- •''o""" 

 made on top and in the middle. i'^' f ''"^e 



be thickly 

 hrubs seem 

 'gh the ma- 

 o and one- 

 ms collided 



id I 



ide 



Ov) the same dayte found two nests of 

 Black and yellow Warblers, {Bendrmca 

 Maciilond) both bnilt in small firs three and 

 four fe(*t frf)m the ground and containing 

 four (fg'f'S partially incubated. 



/ » b'. itrri) 



■ell, but the 



in seems to 



be the proper place and here we met with best 

 success. From a series of eight sets, taken on 

 the island, before me, there is considerable vari- i 

 ation as to markings, the ground being invari- j 

 ably white. ' 



No. ]. Contains four eggs, which are spotted 

 chiefiy about the crown with vandyke brown. . ,„ „ i ■ wi.;ip 



A wreath of brown blotches encircles the base Breeding of Dendroica maculosa m Western Pennsylvania.-While 

 of each soecimen o" '-^ collecting trip in Butler and Armstrong Counties, I ennsylvania, in 



of each specimen. ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^.^^ Magnolia Warbler nesting^ 



Development of a Brood of Black-and-yellow Warblers (Da/- made in the narrow valley— they aie laiely a bundle 

 drawee, maculom).-My co-laborer in this field, Mr. James W. Ranks, desires .f the brooks emptying into Buffalo Creek, about six 

 me to record the result of some observations made by him last season, of i town of Freeport. On May 30, while rnmmaging 

 the rapid growth of young Magnolia Warblers. On June 26, just at growth of young hemlock saplings, I lound a nest 

 dusk, a nest was discovered containing four eggs, which exhibited signs feet from the ground in the midst of one of them, ft 

 of advanced incubation, and early on the following morning one of the ider, blackish, dead twigs with hue weed-stems and 

 chicks had freed itself from the shell, while the others were on their way S- On June i the nest contained three eggs, and on 

 out. When the nest was visited on July i, the four eldcks were partially nale on the nest in which now a fourth e: 

 fledged and on the fourth day of the month, or eight days from the time " place, and though 1 waited for her to ret 



■ complete the identiHcation by shooting he 



refused to do so, and in company with her mate 

 ibout until nighlfoll. On my return early the next 

 - e Icl t the nest at my approach, and a moment later lay 



they were hatched, two of the brood had left the nest and the remaining 

 pair were so large they almost filled it and were nearly in full feather. 

 While Mr. Banks stood watching them one of the chicks jumped up 

 the edge of the nest and fluttered olT to a bush near by, and, a couple 



had been 

 to it, in 

 she Hew 



hours later on, the nest was empty and the parent and brood were set 

 an adjoining hedge. — Montague CiiAMBiiRLAiN, St. John, N. B. 



Bali N, 0=0. ii^A.yii. i^-^o 



amining her at my leisure, I saw there was no mistake 

 I, and when later I took the precaution to compare the 

 iption in Coues's Key, il agreed in every particular.— 

 1, Beaver, Beaver County, Pcnn. 



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