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 6 THI,.' CONI)R I 'ol. Iil Photo bj, Prof. M.J. F. lrod. Nest vf Zmpidvnax wrightli. feathers, the latter being worked into the walls so that their soft extremities project into the cavity and curl warmly along the upper portions of the wall. The eggs have a ground of grayish white color, marked chiefly at the larger end with specks and irregular dots of blackish and dark reddish brown, one or two having a suggestion of the wreath-like formation in the markings. It is worth while to mention that during the next three days I searched the entire swamp woods extending between the mouth of Swan River and Flathead River, a space of nearly three miles, over which the willow growth averaged a width of three hun- dred yards, and it seemed to me that every separate tree was closely scanned, but no othdr evidence of Dendroi- ca audz, boni wes found in that Ioc, lity; hence I aver- red that Luck was a pre- dominating factor in te finding thus lengthily re- corded. Along the landward margin of the willow swamp mentioned in the foregoing description, there was a thick growth of bushes and snmll ever- green trees, consequent upon the lumberman's ad- vent into the neighbor- head. Between the swamp and the bushes, I managed to while away many a June day, and to pick up some finds which, though not important to the advanced collectors, were very inter- esting to one who was spending his first summer in Montana. How I pity those advanced collectors, who long ago lost all pleasure in the common friends cf the wcodland, and nw find their only solace in a's, b's, o's, etc., or the oological findings of the far- off islands of the sea. But to resume: It was along the bushy margin of the swamp-woods that I first had the pleas- ure of meetingEmpidonaxwrightiiBaird, which advanced collectors will readily recognize as the cognomen of Wright's Flycatcher. I was prying around the clumps of maple sprouts alternating with the fir thickets, when a little fly- catcher flitted from a nest in an upright crotch in the periphery of the dump. The nest was only five feet from the ground, and by standing on a prostrate log I could easily peep into the cozy structure. At a glance I knew that the four creamy white eggs were strange to me, and I began to look again for the