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The Black-throated Green War- 
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Set V. June 14, 1887. Grand Manan, N. B. 
Nest on alder tree, five and a half feet from 
the ground. Four eggs, fresh. White, spotted 
with burnt umber and purplish-gray : .59 x .47 ; 
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Set VI. June 8, 1890. Farmington, Maine. 
Nest in spruce tree, twenty-five feet from the 
ground. Four eggs, small embryos. White, 
with a very faint bluish tinge, speckled with 
BY EL WIN A. CAUEN, CANTON, MASS. 
June 13, 1887, at Seal Cove, Grand Manan, 
opened with an indescribably beautiful morn- 
ing. The fishing boats lay off the shore reflect- 
ing their masts and sails with uncommon pre- 
cision in the pale blue water, with nothing to 
disturb the stillness of the early hour except- 
ing the occasional screams of Herring Gulls 
that coursed to and fro eagerly seeking their 
morning repast. This was the first warm morn- 
ing we had experienced since our departure 
from Massachusetts, and with collecting im- 
plements and a lunch 1 started for the woods in 
high spirits. 
I had traveled all day collecting a few eggs 
and small birds, until about an hour before sun- 
set I came upon an old cart-path used in winter 
for the purpose of hauling wood. As 1 saun- 
tered along homeward, 1 saw ahead of me by 
the side of the path, a stunted spruce of dense 
foliage about three and one-halt' feet in height; 
saying to myself, “Wliat a nice place for a 
t.” As I approached I saw quite a quantity 
of cattle-hair hanging to one of tin: branches, 
which I examined and then dropped to the 
ground. Further investigation displayed a 
well concealed uncompleted nest. As none of 
the birds about seemed interested, and having 
but the day previous found a Black-poll War- 
bler's ( Dtsndroica striata ), nest turned upside 
down with its lining of gull feathers strewn 
about, I at at once concluded that it had been 
robbed and 1 continued homeward. Having oc- 
casion to again take this path on the afternoon 
of the 16th. my curiosity was led to make 
another investigation, and I found that the hair 
which 1 had dropped the few days previous had 
been taken and nicely placed in the nest with 
the addition of some plant down. 1 at once 
began to look for the owner, but no one putting 
in a claim, 1 retreated some fifty or sixty feet 
and sat down at the base of a large spruce 
tree awaiting the return of the proprietor, but 
only to try my patience and slaughter black 
flies for nearly two hours. I had now become 
extremely interested in this little nest and re- 
solved to repeat my visit on the morrow, which 
resulted in finding an egg, but I was unable to 
obtain a glimpse of the parents. 
Having made arrangements to leave the Is- 
land on Sunday morning by the way of 
