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forts were very clumsy. He would drag out 
a stick, at the same time toppling several more 
to the ground, and then fly to quite a distance 
from the tree before returning and surrender- 
ing his burden to his hard-working partner. In 
no instance did I detect him aiding in the plac- 
ing of the materials in the nest. He merely 
brought them to a convenient perch, usually 
above the structure, and waited for his mate to 
do the actual building. 
Having at last a foundation of about a foot 
thick, and four or five feet wide, as near as I 
could estimate, they proceeded to remove the 
material from the old partially repaired nest for 
the completion of the new one. The male bird 
worked fairly well at this task, and during the 
last day made at least three trips to one of the 
female. She apparently took great pains in the 
interior arrangements of her new home, fre- 
quently pulling out a quantity of trash upon 
the edge of the nest, and, after working around 
a while inside, tumbling it back again, and ; 
shaking it up with a great rustling of wings and 
scratching of feet, which sent showers of little 
twigs and dirt upon the watcher below. 
The work was apparently completed upon 
January 20, 1888, and four days later the female 
was setting, and the male keeping jealous guard 
close above her. . ,, 
O.&o. XIII. Apr. 1888 p.Q3-i-V. 
Nesting of the Western fellow 
Warbler. 
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BY GEORGE E. BREMNGER, FOR'yCOLLINS, COL- 
\ OR.ADO. 
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In the October issue of the O. & O., Mr. J. 
Parker Norris Vontributeiy a very interesting 
paper on the Western Yellow Warbler (Den- 
drceca cestiva moranni), ijhd described a series 
of their eggs. This j^ale form of the Yel- 
low Warbler has but Jlately been recognized 
from the Eastern form. It is very abundant 
here along the ereekfs among the willows. I 
first became acquainted wkh the bird early in 
May while trying t/« obtain V Poor-Will, and on 
returning home y saw one\f these warblers 
seated on a sway/ng willow. Praised my gun 
and fired, bringing down the bird desired. I 
noticed the lighter coloring in its plumage, and, 
when nesting /began, the nest of this species 
seemed morar compact, and material^, used 
showed considerable whiteness, looking like a 
bunch of d</wn placed in the fork of a willdw. 
