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A Series of Eggs of the Black- 
throated Green Warbler. 
Tlie eggs of the Black-tliroated Green War- 
bler ( Dendroica vivens) do not show as great a 
variation as those of many other species of the 
same genus. 
Sot I. June 17, 1887. Grand Manan, N.B. 
Nest on spruce tree, two feet from ground. 
Four eggs, fresh. White, with a faint creamy 
tinge, spotted with purplish-gray and russet. 
The markings form wreaths around the larger 
ends. (This appears to be characteristic of 
the eggs of this bird, and in describing the 
sets mentioned below it will be understood 
that the markings are so arranged, unless 
otherwise mentioned.): .61x.49; ,61x.49; 
.01 x .49; .GOx.48. 
Set II. June ID, 1888. Grand Manan, N. B. 
Nest on spruce tree, nine feet from ground. 
Four eggs, incubation commenced. White, 
speckled with purplish-gray and burnt umber. 
Although the markings form wreaths around 
the larger ends as usual, still there are quite a 
number of specks scattered over the rest of 
the surface of the eggs: ,62x.49; ,58x.49; 
.01 x .49; .01 x .49. 
Set III. June 25, 1888. Grand Manan, N. B. 
Nest on alder tree, live feet from the ground. 
Four eggs, incubation commenced. White, 
spotted with purplisli-gray and russet: .60 x .40; 
.66 x .52; .62x.49; .63x,50. 
Set IV. Juno 19, 1888. Grand Manan, N. B. 
Nest on spruce tree, four and a half feet from 
the ground. Four eggs, incubation com- 
menced. ’ White, spotted with purplish-gray, 
and burnt umber. All are wreathed, but one 
egg has spots all over the surface: .70x.49; 
,70x.48; .09 x .50; .70X.49. 
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 purplisli-gray: .59 x .47 ; 
.63 x .49; ,61x.49; ,03x.50. 
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 
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purplish-gray and burnt umber. In addition 
to forming wreaths at the larger ends the 
markings are more or less scattered over the 
entire surface: .Glx.45; .61x.40; .58x.45; 
.57 x .44. 
Set VII. June 25, 1885. Oxford County, 
Maine. Nest in an evergreen, seven feet from 
the ground. Four eggs, incubation slight. 
White, with a faint bluish tinge, spotted with 
burnt umber and purplisli-gray: ,09x.51; 
.08 x .50; ,70x .51 ; ,68x.50. 
Set VIII. May 31, 1S89. Franklin County, 
Maine. Nest in hemlock tree, twenty feet 
from the ground. Four eggs, fresh. White, 
thickly speckled with purplisli-gray and russet. 
The markings are all over the surface, but 
heavier at the larger ends: .67x.49; .GSx.49; 
.67 x .49; .67 x .48. 
Set IX. June 14, 1885. Grand Manan, N. B. 
Nest in white hiroli, six feet from the ground. 
Four eggs. White, spotted with purplisli- 
gray and burnt umber: .G3x.50; .OOx.51; 
.64 x .52; ,64x ,51. 
Set X. June 5, 1890. Farmington, Maine. 
Nest in small cedar, on small limb close to the 
trunk of the tree, and thirteen feet from the 
ground. Foul' eggs, fresh. White, spotted 
with purplish-gray and burnt umber: .68 x .49; 
.69 x .50; .69 x .50; .60x.40. 
Set XI. June 17, 1887. Grand Manan, N. B. 
Nest in spruce tree three feet from ground. 
Four eggs, incubation commenced. White, 
speckled with russet, purplish-gray and burnt 
umber: .64x.49; ,05x.49; ,05x.49; .68x.51. 
J. P. N. 
•Q&O.XV L Apri l , laoi. p, 
reen War- 
inan. 
PON, MASS. 
Grand Manan, 
beautiful morn- 
lie shore reflect- 
incommon pre- 
vitli nothing to 
ly hour exeept- 
' Herring Gnlls 
y seeking their 
rst warm moni- 
our departure 
collecting im- 
or the woods in 
ng a few eggs 
(our before sun- 
used in winter 
id. As I saun- 
iead of me by 
prime of dense 
feet in height; 
ice place for a 
piite a quantity 
the branches, 
topped to the 
displayed a 
st. As none of 
led, and having 
Slack-poll War- 
turned upside 
down with its lining of gull feathers strewn 
about, I at at once concluded that it had been 
robbed and I 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 I had dropped the few days previous had 
been taken and nicely placed in the nest with 
the addition of some plant down. I 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 an alting 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 tills little nest and re- 
solved to repeat my visit on the morrow, which 
resulted in fliiding an egg, but 1 was unable to 
obtain a glimpse of the parents. 
Having made arrangements to leave the Is- 
land on Sunday morning by the way of 
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