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gor, Me., writes me that Mr. N. A. Eddy of that city met with its nest and 
eggs near New Haven in June last. The following data are supplied by 
Mr. Eddy himself: — The nest was found June 14, and at that time con- 
tained one egg-. It was revisited June 20, when it contained four ego-s, 
which were taken with the nest and the female parent was shot. The 
nest was situated in an old orchard, about half a mile from the coast of 
Long Island Sound. It was placed on the ground, in the grass, at the 
foot of a small bush. The nest is of a very loose structure, and is com- 
posed of oak leaves, built so as to form an inverted cone ; within is a 
coarse lining of grape-vine bark, and this is again lined with fine grass 
and very fine pieces of grape-vine. The eggs are white, with small red 
spots forming a ring around the greater end. A few spots are also scat- 
tered over the whole surface. Before they were blown the eggs were of a 
flesh-colored tint. Their measurements are as follows: .65X.50, .67 X 
.49, .63 X .48, .60 X .47. — T. M. Brewer, Boston , Mass. 
Description of the Female Dendrceca kirtlandi. — Mr. Adolphe 
B. Covert, of Ann Arbor, Mich., has generously given me the female speci- 
men which he shot in that locality, May 16, 1879 ; and a description of 
this little-known state of a very rare species may be here recorded. 
Upper parts dull bluish-gray, overcast with brownish on the cervex and 
interscapulum, and marked with broad heavy blackish streaks on the 
whole back ; the crown and upper tail-coverts with fine shaft-lines of the 
same. The color of the upper parts extending over the entire side of the 
head and neck, which are unmarked, excepting a slight whitish eye-ring 
and darkened lore. Wing-quills dusky, with very narrow dull whitish 
edging of both webs ; wing-coverts like the back, but with large blackish 
central field, and whitish edging and tipping, — the latter forming two 
inconspicuous wing-bars. Tail-feathers like wing-quills, only the outer- 
most one having the white area, so characteristic of Dendroeca, and this 
being much restricted in extent. Entire under parts dull yellow, a little 
brighter on the breast, and paler on the throat and belly, obscured with 
brown on the sides under the wings, marked with a slight “ necklace ” of 
black dots across the jugulum (as in Myiodioctes canadensis for example) ; 
these spots stronger on the sides of the breast, whence lengthening into 
streaks along the sides and flanks ; a few small sharp scratches of the same 
nearly across the lower part of the breast. Under tail-coverts white, un- 
marked. Bill and feet black. Length (of skin), 5.30 ; wing, 2.60 ; tail, 
2.30 ; culmen of bill, about 0.40 ; tarsus, 0.80. 
It makes a rather dingy- looking bird of no striking appearance in any 
respect, liable to be passed over if carelessly handled, but bn inquiry not 
to be confounded with any other species. The male ‘is brighter bluish 
above, brighter yellow below, with a little more white on the tail, and 
perfectly black lores, but the style of coloration is similar. This com- 
parison is made with the type of the species now in the National Museum 
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