. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . cation, aswitnessed by several observers, seems to be very con-stant in method. A nest taken by Mr. Brewster, at Umbagog, June 8, was builtin a low hemlock, about fourfeet from the ground, — a light,airy structure, resembling thatof the Chestnut-sided War-bler, composed of interlacedlarch twigs, weed-stalks, andFig. rrrasses, lined with black horse- Warbler. (Natural size.) *^ hair. It was about 3 mchesacross outside, and scarcely 2 in depth, with a cavity2 inches in diameter and only i| deep. This con-
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . cation, aswitnessed by several observers, seems to be very con-stant in method. A nest taken by Mr. Brewster, at Umbagog, June 8, was builtin a low hemlock, about fourfeet from the ground, — a light,airy structure, resembling thatof the Chestnut-sided War-bler, composed of interlacedlarch twigs, weed-stalks, andFig. rrrasses, lined with black horse- Warbler. (Natural size.) *^ hair. It was about 3 mchesacross outside, and scarcely 2 in depth, with a cavity2 inches in diameter and only i| deep. This con-tained four eggs, from to long by broad, dull white, minutely dotted all over withbrown, and wreathed about the larger end with brownand clouded lilac spots and blotches. Several othernests, described by Mr. Maynard, contained four eggsapiece, and were all alike placed in small hemlock orspruce trees, a few feet from the ground; their com-position was quite similar, but sometimes fine blackrootlets replaced the horse-hair lining, or moss and. DENDRCECA TIGRINA : CAPE MAY WARBLER. I45 spiders silk were added to the materials already men-tioned. These eggs were all found the first and sec-ond weeks in June, in Maine. We may judge thata second brood is reared, from the circumstance thatMr. N. C. Brown, who found this to be one of thecommonest summer sylvicolines about Portland, Me.,says that the young make their appearance about Au-gust 3d, and soon abound (Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, Apr.,1879, p. 166). CAPE MAY WARBLER. DeNDRCECA TIGRINA (Gm.) Bd. Chars. Male, adult: Back yellowish-olive, with dark markings;crown blackish ; an orange-brown ear-patch ; a black loral line;rump rich yellow; under parts the same, tinged with orange-brown anteriorly, pale on belly and under tail-coverts, streakedwith black on the breast and sides ; wing-bars fused into onelarge patch ; three pairs of large white tail-blotches ; bill andfeet black. Female : Somewhat similar, lacking
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