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QUARTERLY BULLETIN. 
out another, perforating the shell with his claws, and being at- 
tacked by the birds, quitted the nest, leaving the remainder of 
his spoil behind. Both of the eggs in the nest were slightly 
incubated, while the one outside was quite fresh. 
The following is an extract from Mr. Towne’s journal : 
“ While out collecting, early in the morning of the 29th day 
of May, 1875, as I was walking up a hillside through small 
white birches, saw a Golden-winged Warbler within twelve feet 
of the muzzle of my gun ; was about to shoot, when I noticed 
a small straw or diy blade of grass in her mouth. The thought 
of finding her nest induced me to watch closely. She soon flew 
and alighted in the centre of an old cart path. I went to the 
spot and was delighted on finding in the centre of a small tus- 
sock of grass the commencement of a nest. Went to the place 
the next day and saw the female at work ; did not go again for 
two days when there was one egg. On June 5th I took the nest 
with four fresh eggs. By creeping up carefully and putting my 
hand over the nest, succeeded in catching the female. Saw the 
male soon after, but he was exceedingly sh3^” 
In structure the nest closely resembles mine, but is a little 
narrower and deeper inside. It measures in height 3.00 inch- 
es, width, 3.80, diameter inside, 1.90, depth inside, 2.00. The 
eggs are white, faintly spotted with red on the larger end, 
and measure .72x.52, .70x.56, .70x.48, and .68x.58 inches. 
Mr. Eager found his nest about one fourth built on the 5th of 
June, 1875, in rather low, wet woods, within one hundred feet 
of a travelled road, and it was placed on the ground between 
some young oak sprouts. June 9th, it contained four eggs. He 
did not see either of the birds until the 11th, when he shot the 
female, but did not see the male at all. The nest was well con- 
cealed by dry leaves, and was made up outwardly of dry and 
skeletonized oak leaves, and lined with grape vine bark interwo- 
ven with fine j^ellow grass. Height, 3.00 ; width, 3.60 ; diameter 
inside, 2.10; depth inside, 2.00. The eggs were white, with 
few light reddish spots On the larger end, and measure, .70x.54, 
.69X.55, .69X.53, and .69x.55 inches respectively. 
These nests were all found in Newton, within a mile of 
each other. 
