Nest and Habits of the Connecticut Warbler ( Otorornis amh\) — 
A few miles south of Carberry, Manitoba, is a large spruce bush and in 
the middle of it is a wide tamarack swamp. This latter is a gray mossy 
bog, luxuriant only with pitcher plants and Droseraj, At regular distaii 
ces as though planted by the hand of man, grow the slim straight tama- 
racks, grizzled with moss, but not dense, nor at all crowded; their light 
eafage casts no shade. They always look as though they were just 
about to end, though the swamp really continues for miles— the same dank 
gray waste. 
At times the Great-crested Flycatcher was heard uttering his whistlitm 
croak. Besides this the only noticeable sound was the clear song of a 
Warbler. It may be suggested by the syllables, beecher-teecher-beecher- 
beccker-beecker-beecher. It is like the song of the Golden-crowned 
Tlnush, but differs in being in the same pitch throughout, instead of 
beginning m a whisper and increasing the emphasis and strength with 
each pair of notes to the last. Guided by the sound, I found the bird high 
m the tamaracks. It was not shy like the Wood Warblers, so it was easily 
secured. It proved to be a male Connecticut Warbler. 
As I went on, a small bird suddenly sprang from one of the grave-like 
moss-mounds. It seemed distressed, and ran along with its wings held 
up, like a Plover just alighting. On seeing that I would not he decoyed 
away, it ran around me in the same attitude. Recognizing that it was 
the Connecticut Warbler, 1 took it, and then sought out the nest in the 
moss. It was entirely composed of dry grass, and sunken level with the 
surface Ihe eggs, four m number, measured .75 X .56 in. Before being 
1 own they were of a delicate creamy white, with a few spots of lilac-pim- 
ple, brown, and black, inclined to form a ring at the large end. 
This nest was sent, with the parent birds, to the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion; the indentification was confirmed, and the nest deposited in the 
Museum. — Ernest E. T. Seton, Carberry, Manitoba. 
Auk, I, April, 1884. p. 
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