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and was constantly flying toward me and 
snapping its bill. Here was new light. 
As the bird would frequently fly to the top 
of a particular hemlock tand then dart back 
toward me. I began to feel sure of finding 
its nest. I retreated a short distance and 
watched the moyements of my new ac¬ 
quaintance. Ayho perched upon the top of 
the tree, seemingly to act as gu.ard. A 
striped squirrel yentured part way up the 
tree, but when sjned by the bird was in¬ 
stantly driyen down. After carefully 
searching the tree for two hours. I noticed 
something near the top which I thought 
must be the long-sought nest. Upon 
striking the tree with my axe I had the 
satisfaction of seeing a bird fly away and 
immediately retwin. A hard climb of 
sixty-fiye feet l)rought me to the nest. It 
was saddled upon a horizontal limb, six 
feet from the trunk, and was closely con¬ 
cealed by the small boughs. It was com¬ 
posed of moss. ( T^S7ie(i hurhata.) and dry 
hemlock twigs. These wei’e interwoyen 
into a loose, clumsy nest, the only lining 
being about a dozen ])ieces of fine, dry 
gr.iss. I think this is the poorest piece of 
bird architecture that I haye eyer found, 
but the three fresh eggs which the nest 
contained were indeed beauties, their color 
being a delicate creamy-white, marked 
with large blotches and spots of brownish- 
red. layender and lilac, and fine s])atters of 
lilac. On one are a few black dots. Their 
dimensions are. fl.aXfil. 0‘2xfi4. fllxOfi. 
respectiyely. Both birds resented my 
presence with great courage, and while I 
was in the tree were constantly darting at 
me in a decidedly yicious manner, sna]i])ing 
their bills and uttering their loml notes 
with such yigor that a general commotion 
was raised among all the feathered tribe 
who were within hearing. 
.V few we<*ks after finding this nest I 
found another, within a few rods of the 
first. This was also in a large hemlock 
tree. As it contained young. I allowed it 
to remain. It doubtless belonged to the 
same pair of birds that I robbed earlier in 
the season. In his Ilirda of JTefr Kiuj- 
hv}(I, Samiiels says of this bird: “ It has 
been found breeding in Vermont; and Dr. 
Thonqison. in his work on the birds of that 
State, giyes a description of the nest and 
eggs. Three nests haye been found in ^las- 
sachusetts within two years, two in West 
Roxbury and one in Dorchester. These 
were all built in forked twigs of apple trees 
in old. neglected orchards, facing to the 
southward, and were constructed of the 
same material that the Kingbird uses in its 
nest. In fact, they were almost exactly 
like the Kingbird’s nest, but were a little 
smaller.” 
Samuels’ description and my own ob- 
seryation had led me to belieye that it se¬ 
lected an apple tree in which to build its 
jiest, but my experience of the past Sum¬ 
mer goes to convince me that it breeds 
more commonly than is usually supposed. 
— C. <). 'froc;/, '/'(tftsi'illf, TV. 
The Caerulean Warbler. 
I discharge both loads from my double- 
barrel and bring down a pair of Warblers, 
male and female, from the top of a tall ma¬ 
ple. They are fine specimens of the /fen- 
(Iroeca ojernlea. Have they just dropjied 
down from the skies, and brought the pure 
azure with them? Excei)t the dusky ^\nng« 
and tail, dark wing-crests and centers of 
many of the feathers, ami white under- 
]iarts. the e]nthet Crerulean, sky-blue, is 
certainly apjilicable to the male, jiarticu- 
larly to his head, back, and collar just 
above the breast. Excejiting her lighter 
markings, less dusky wings and tail, mis¬ 
sing collar, and greenish tint over the head 
and back, tlm female is the same as the 
male. This sjiecies has the streaks along 
the sides, and the white marks in the outer 
tail feathers, in common with the rest of 
the I>enf1r<vcn. 
The C'mnilean Warbler, ajqiarently l>e- 
longing to the Mississi])jn valley, and 
scarcely a casual visitor on the Atlantic 
