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one of the hemlocks a bird which I felt sure was of the same 
species taken a few days before. From her manner I felt 
she had a nest not far distant, and remembering how closely the 
other allowed me to approach before leaving her eggs, I conclu- 
ded that I must have passed very near the nest of this bird ; 
therefore retracing my steps, and looking carefully among the 
bushes I soon discovered the object of my search. Desiring 
that there should be no mistake about the species, I at once 
went home, and, taking my gun, returned to the place. Approach- 
ing cautiously I discovered her on the nest. She permitted 
me to approach very near, and then, like the other, dropped 
suddenly from the nest, apd flew into the same hemlock' in 
which I first found her. After securing my bird I took 
the eggs, but to my regret found that incubation had proceeded 
so far that it was impossible to save them. These — four in 
number — were of a darker shade than the first set, but this was 
evidently the result of incubation. They were also more spot- 
ted, and the spots spread more generally over the entire surface 
than in the other set. The nest was not so near the ground as 
the first, the top being eleven and one half inches from it. It 
was placed in a laurel, or more strictly speaking, in two laurels. 
One of these lay horizontally in the fork of the other, and on 
the horizontal one the nest was set, held in place by being at- 
tached on one side to the upright branches of the other. It is 
constructed of the same materials as the first, excepting the 
woolly substance on the outside, of which there are only two 
small pieces. External diameter, three and one half inches ; 
internal, one and seven-eighths inches ; external depth, two 
inches ; internal, one and three-eighths inches. 
As will be seen, by comparison, the nest is much more flat 
than the first, the result, undoubtedly, of its different situation 
on a horizontal branch, while the other being in a narrow triple 
fork, was necessarily narrower and deeper. Placed side by side 
the two nests bear very little resemblance, and would hardly be 
suspected of belonging to the same species. 
