Cowbird Note — May 30, 1909, I was lying partly hidden behind a log 
at Westerly, R. I., and trying to discover the nest of a pair of Black and 
White Warblers ( Mniotilta varia) by the actions of the old birds. A short 
time after taking up my position a female Cowbird ( Molothrus ater) came 
flying through the trees and lit but a short distance away. From time to 
time I glanced at her to see what she was up to but was unable to see that 
she had moved a muscle for some twenty minutes, for which time she re- 
mained hunched up as if asleep. Then she flew straight to the nest of a 
Red-eyed Vireo ( Vireosylva olivacea) which though but ten feet from my 
hiding place, was so well concealed that it had escaped my attention. After 
remaining on the nest about two minutes she flew out of sight among t e 
trees Upon investigation I found the nest to contain two eggs of the 
rightful owner and one^he Cow. M 7 A. Bnaag.H 0 ™, «• 
