American Redstart, ( Setophaga ruticil- 
la,) also nested quite plentifully here last 
season. One of the loveliest nests I took 
in May, 1881, with a set of four eggs ; it 
was built in an oak sapling, at a height 
level with the eyes ; it separated into three 
equal branches, the nest cavity in the cen- 
tre. One might stand a foot distant and 
see nothing but a swelling, seemingly 
caused by the branches : so neat, compact 
and in mimicry to the tree trunk is the 
structure built. 
Notes, Fairburg-, 111. *4- 
O.&O. V1U. Feb. 1883. p.? 
Curious Nest of the Re dstart . — When 
passing through clumps of woods or 
bushes, collecting nests and eggs, I follow 
the practice of removing any old nest in 
reach that I may see, so that on some 
future trip it may not lead me out of my 
course. On June 10th, 1880, Iliad lowered 
a branch, attached to which was an old 
Red-eyed Yireo’s nest. Upon looking in- 
to it, I was surprised to find four spotted 
eggs, entirely different from those of the 
Yireo ; so replacing the branch and retreat- 
ing a short distance, I awaited develop- 
ments. Soon a female Redstart (Setopha- 
ga ruticilla) alighted near the nest and 
after a few moments settled down into it. 
The little occupant had relined the old 
weatherbeaten nest with fine grasses, thus 
covering the thin places, making the oth- 
erwise untenantable nest a comfortable 
home.- — A. K. Fisher, M. D., Sing Sing. 
0»«0. Y 11. May, , p, /jf. 
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Redstart (Setovhqga ruticill a). Locally com- 
mon, being for the most part confined to the 
birch and cedar thickets, where the majority 
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lied- <7 Redstart’s nest just built ; kept on and limited 
up another Ruby and stayed witli him until 
j n tlie evening, but do what I could, 1 
A-*/* could not place the nest, although I went over 
and over the ground and climbed tree after 
tree. One of the big black spruces that I 
went up, I was surprised to find way up in the 
top out on one of the limbs a Myrtl e Warbler ’s 
nest with four eggs. This nest was up fully 
forty feet ; eggs were slightly incubated, but 
were nicely blown. I took nest of Song 
Sparrow found on the 5tli with three eggs ; 
to-day it held five, all fresh. 
The Eggs of the Redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla). — I would like 
to give a more complete idea of the size of the eggs of this bird than 
would be conveyed by the figures given in “North American Birds.” 
The eggs from the Hingham nest (see Vol. I, p. 325) are unusually small 
(.55 x .45). In eleven sets now before me the least length is .59, the 
greatest length .70; the least breadth .48, and the greatest breadth .52. 
The largest set from Swampscott, Mass., averages .688 x ,51. Two sets from 
Milan, N. H., average, one, .595 x .495, the other .63 x .49. One from 
Grand Menan averages .65 x .50. Two sets from Lynn average .656 x 
.484. One from Ohio, .68 .51, and two sets from Vermont range from 
.68 to .64 in length, and from .49 to .51 in breadth. Their general average 
is about .66 x .49. — T. M. Brewer, Boston, Mass. 
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