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The Ohio Naturalist. 
NOTES ON NESTING OF WARBLERS. 
At Fort Ancient, Ohio. 
Ray Densmore. 
During the latter part of May of the present year Mr. Tyler 
and myself spent some time collecting in and around Fort Ancient, 
Warren County, Ohio. The Fort is situated on the summit of a 
hill rurrounded by gullies 200 to 300 feet deep, with rather steep 
sides. The Little Miami River runs by on the west. 
The sides of the gullies are springy and covered by enough 
bushes and small trees to make it an ideal resort for many of the 
warblers. The most common was the yellow-breasted chat. 
Nearly every clump of bushes was inhabited by one or more pairs 
of these well named birds. Several nests were found and two 
sets of four eggs each were taken. One set is heavily marked 
with reddish blotches ; the other is typical in coloration, but one 
egg is nearly a runt. Oven birds were numerous, but no nests 
were found. Kentucky warblers were abundant in the lower 
part of the gullies. Three nests were found, one containing four 
eggs in an advanced stage of incubation, one containing three 
fresh eggs and a cow bird’s egg and one nest just completed. 
There was but little variation in the material used in construc- 
tion, appearance or location of the nests. The foundations were 
composed of tightly packed leaves, the bases of which were out- 
ward, and a lining of fine rootlets or in one a small amount of 
horse hair. 
A nest of the worm-eating warbler, containing six eggs, was 
found by Mr. Tyler in a depression in the side of a bank under a 
bush. The bird sat very close and allowed us to approach within 
three or four feet before she would leave the nest. We were able 
to identify her very certainly. The species must have been rare 
in the locality, for no other specimens were seen during our trip. 
The nest was composed of a foundation of leaves, loosely placed, 
and lined with fine rootlets and weed stems. 
The Louisiana water thrush was abundant along the streams. 
One nest was found containing four 3 r ouug birds about a week 
old. It had a foundation of weed stems and twigs and was lined 
with rootlets. Its situation was in the side of a bank a few feet 
above the water. 
A Maryland yellow throat was heard on the flats of the Little 
Miami River, and two other warblers were seen that I was unable 
to identify, although one may have been the chestnut-sided. 
Perry, Lake County, Ohio. 
