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The food consisted principally of locusts and green caterpillars, 

 presumably cabbage, of which there was an inexhaustible supply near 

 by. 



The observations on the pewee's nest were made by Mr. Arthur 

 W. Carnduff, Miss Neva Galbreath, Mr. Elliott Crull, Miss Mary 

 Hormell, Miss Margaret Hines and Miss Ruby Hull, in relays of 

 three hours each. 



The Pewee's nest was a small, prettily built one of grass and 

 rootlets, covered with lichens, and was about ten feet above the ground 

 upon the gnarled limb of an old apple tree. In the nest were two 

 white eggs, with brown spots about the larger end. The pewee was 

 not in the least shy, and seldom left the immediate vicinity for more 

 than a minute or two. As there were no young, all food obtained 

 was for her own use. She left the nest at 3:30 a.m. and was active 

 until 5:50 p.m., a period of fourteen hours and twenty minutes, when 

 a shower which had been threatening for two hours seemed imminent 

 and observations were suspended. During the day, she caught 208 

 insects, some flying in the air, some on the apple tree and others in 

 the grass. Her favorite position was on a dead limb. The total 

 time spent in incubation was five hours and thirty-five minutes, the 

 average length being ten minutes, and the longest time sixty- nine 

 minutes, from 6:59 A - M - to 8:08 A - M - The number of insects caught 

 and the incubating periods were as follows: From 3:30 to 6 a.m.: 

 15 insects; 31, 7, 11 and 6 minutes. From 6 to 9 a.m.; 12 insect?; 

 10, 14, 13, 69 and 9 minutes. From 9 to 12 M.; 28 insects; 2, 14, 

 9, 4, 14, 11 and 4 minutes. From 12 M. to 3:15 p.m.: 108 insects; 

 16, 8, 18, 2, 5, 11, 4 and 9 minutes. From 3.15 to 5:50 p.m.; 

 45 insects; 12, 5, 2, 3, 5, 4, 7, 4 and 20 minutes. 



The male visited the nest frequently, and was usually at hand to 

 drive away sparrows or other intruders. 



The call-note, "pewee," was uttered oftenest during the hours of 

 most active feeding, from 12 m. to 3:15 p.m. and less frequently 

 toward night. 



Four clays later, we found the pewee's nest deserted, and the eggs 

 gone. The bluejays were very numerous about and doubtless knew 

 what happened to the pewee and her eggs. 



The phoebes were observed by Miss Nellie Bigham, Miss Sara 

 Carmony, Miss Dewie Jones, Mr. Frank Thompson, and Mr. Frank 

 Dale Thompson. 



The nest was made of grass and mud and was located on a beam 



