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from descriptions, of L. ~ atricristafus. Four of the most heavily marked 
eggs Mr. Bryant has ever seen are now before me. They are of a rather 
elongated oval, and measure respectively .77 x .56, .70 x .51, .70 x .52, and 
.64 x .52. Another set of three, sent to the Smithsonian by Mr. Samuel 
Hubbard of San Francisco, are nearly of the same shape. The markings 
are in the form of clear reddish-brown dots, which are almost entirely 
confined to the larger ends. On one they take the shape of a perfect 
circle. Altogether they are extremely pretty eggs, and are much the most 
delicately marked of any of the family I have ever seen. — H. W. Hen- 
shaw, Washington , D. C. 
Nesting of Certhia familiaris. — Having read with interest 
Dr. Brewer’s article on the Brown Creeper in the last number of the 
Bulletin, I desire to add one more instance in confirmation of his opinion 
as to the usual situation of its nest. T have in my collection two eggs of 
this bird, which were obtained July 28, 1875, by a friend of mine who is 
something of an ornithologist. The nest was situated in the heavy 
forest, half a mile north of Moose Pine, Hamilton County, N. Y., con- 
cealed behind a piece of bark which had been partly torn loose from the 
side of a spruce-tree, about six feet from the ground. The bird was well 
seen and identified by my friend (who is familiar with the species), but 
was not shot. In describing the nest to me he used these words : “ The 
nest was made of soft downy materials, including feathers and such soft 
materials as you will find in a squirrel’s nest. The whole bulk was not 
larger than your fist.” It contained three young birds with down only in 
tufts upon them, and two addled eggs, white, thinly marked with fine 
reddish spots or dots, and measuring .60 x.47 and .59 x ,47. — Egbert 
Bagg, Jr., Utica , N. Y. 
The Carolina Wren ( Thryothorus ludovicianus ) breeding in 
New York. — Through the kindness of Mr. D. H. Kellogg. I am enabled 
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to record for the first time the breeding of Thryothorus ludovicianus in 
New York State, who, on the evening of May 2 last, showed me the 
nest of the species at his residence at Spuyten-Duyvil. The nest was 
built on a shelf in the closed room of an out-house, which was entered by 
the bird through a latticed window. Desiring to establish its identity beyond 
question, several attempts were made to capture the parent upon her nest, 
but unsuccessfully, until the sixth or seventh trial, she having persistently 
returned immediately after our departure on every unsuccessful attempt. 
The nest, containing five eggs, was merely a miscellaneous aggregation of 
rubbish, extending for fully sixteen inches along a small shelf already 
occupied by several articles, now partially imbedded in the materials of its 
structure. The whole was overhung by a mass of dried bean-vines pendent 
from the wall above, which partially concealed the mossy fringed side- 
entrance to the feather-lined cavity within. The eggs were five in num- 
ber, and on the point of hatching. 
