O74 BIRDS—SYLVICOLIDZA. 
Rare summer resident; in particular localities only. Breeds. Audu- 
bon notes it as occurring in Southwestern Ohio. Dr. Kirtiand (1. c., 
quoted on page 193) mentions its breeding in the vicinity of Cleveland. 
Mr. Langdon gives it as a rather common summer resident in the vicin- 
ity of Cincinnati, frequenting upland thickets from May to September. 
I have never met with it in this vicinity. 
Mr. Ridgway (1. c.) says: 
“‘Tt is @ very common summer bird in Southern Lilinois, where it arrives in the Wabash 
Valley towards the last of April. It is a wood-loving species of terrestrial habits, like 
the Seiurus aurocapillus, but generally frequents rather ditferent situations from the latter 
bird, liking better the undergrowth of ‘bottom’ woods than that of dry forests. In all 
its manners it closely resembles the Seiuri, especially the two aquatic species, ludovicianus 
and noveboracensis, having the same tilting motion of the body, and horizontal attitude 
when perching, so characteristic of these birds. 
‘‘The usual note of this warbler is a sharp ¢tship, almost precisely like that of the 
Pewee, uttered as the bird perches on a twig near the ground, continually tilting its 
body, or is changed into a sharp rapid twitter as one chises another through the thicket. 
Their song is very pretty, consisting of a fine whistie, delivered very much in the style 
of the Cardinal Grosback, though much finer in tone, and weaker.” 
Mr Langdon (i. c. Bull.) gives the following interesting account of its 
nesting: 
‘‘ Although the Kentucky Warbler has long been a well-known summer resident of 
Southwestern Ohio, its nest and eggs have hitherto eluded the vigilant search of our 
local ornithologists, and have, in consequence, been classed among their especial desid- 
erata. As the nesting habits of this species have been recorded in but a few instances, 
and only once in Ohio (Kirtland, 1. c.,), a notice of a nest and eggs recently taken near 
Madisonville may be of interest to the readers of the Bulletin. 
‘‘The locality chosen for this nest was a gente slope, well wooded and covered with 
undergrowth, sitaated within a short distance of a small woodland stream on the border 
of an open glade. The nest, which was placed on the ground at the root of a smal! elm 
sapling, was concealed by a sparce growth of weeds, and consisted of two distinct por- 
tions. The foundation was a saucer-shaped mass of beech and maple leaves loosely in- 
terwoven with a few weed stems, and retained its shape sufficiently well to permit 
careful handliag without injury; surmounting this basal portion was the nest proper, a 
rather bulky and inelegant structure, elliptical in shape, composed of dark-brown root- 
lets and weed stems, with which were interwoven a few dried leaves. Yhere was also 
a trace of an effort at horse-hair lining, a half-dozen hairs perhaps being disposed around 
its interior. Its measurements are as follows: Internal long diameter, 24 inches; in- 
ternal short diameter, 2 inches; depth of cavity, 14 inches; average thickness of nest 
proper, about # inch; ditto of foundation, about 1 inch, The eggs, which are four in 
number (exclusive of the Cowbird’s egg which accompanies them), are oblong-oval in 
shape, spotted and speckled everywhere with reddish- brown and lilac on a glossy white 
ground, the markings on two specimens being massed, at the larger end, while those on 
the other two form a distinct ‘wreath’ around the rather blunt apex. They were far 
advanced in incubation (May 28), and measure, respectively, .72 by .54, .73 by .56, .75 
