Cistothorus taken at Canton June 10th. also came about us with a similar 
el laris whitish object in her bill. At the time we supposed her 
to be feeding young, but I am very sure there were no young 
in this Heath Bridge meadow yesterday. 
It was perfectly easy to see the eggs in this nest — 
or at least most of them — by merely bending the nest over 
so that the sunlight could shine in. They looked very 
transparent and had a decided rosy tinge. I rolled them 
out of the nest just as I always roll out Long-bill* s eggs 
and with perfect success although Bowles considers it a 
dangerous experiment. The shells of the eggs, although 
thinner than those of the Long-bill*s,were decidedly thicker 
than the shell of a Warbler* s egg. They had a slight polish 
before they were blown. 
At Pantry Brook yesterday I noticed that each male 
Wren occupied or rather monopolized an area of several 
acres, no two male birds singing nearer each other than 
about 200 yards. Faxon thinks, and no doubt correctly, 
that the scarcity of birds in this meadow this season is 
due to ^thejfact that these meadows were entirely under water 
at about the time of their arrival, forcing them to choose 
breeding grounds elsewhere. This theory will also explain 
their total absence this season on the Great Meadows below 
Concord. 
A female Short-bill on Pantry Brook Meadow yesterday 
came very near me, hovering over the grass and dropping 
