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The Naturalist. 
Wal. 2. 
OREGON Ciry, ORE: JAN, 
1895. 
Mabits of the Pictbe 
Continued From Last Month. 
OR a description of their nest- 
ing habits, I will append some 
of my notes: 
No. 1. 
KENT Co., MICH., JUNE 1, 1889. 
Today I found a peculiar freak 
of the Phoebes. While passing 
under a bridge that crosses Cold- 
brook creek, I noticed that for 
some inexplicable reason the under 
part of the bridge was lined with 
gravelled*tar-paper. My attention 
was attracted by the continual 
cries of distress of a pair of 
Phoebes. On looking around, I 
saw that immediately “behind me 
a strip of tar paper, about one 
inch wide and three feet long, had 
become torn loose; and hung down 
within a foot of the water. On 
the very end of this was built a 
Phoebe’s nest. The nest was 
composed of mud and fine grasses, 
covered externally with ° fine, dry 
mosses and lined with fine, dry 
grass, skeltonized oak leaves and 
horse hair. 
of the tar paper was plastered into 
the nest. It contained five young 
birds aboutione day old. 
About 1 inch of the end - 
No. 2. 
BRANCH Co,, MICH., JULY 26, 1890. 
Found a nest of the Phoebe con- 
taining five fresh eggs. Nest was 
made of mud and fine dry grasses, 
covered externally with fine, dry 
moss, lined with cow and horse 
hair, plastered on the side of a 
beam to a small wooden bridge 
crossing a creek about five feet 
above the water. Eggs five, nor- 
mal, measuring “20x15; 20x15; 
21x16; 20x15 and I9xI4 mm. 
Was surprised as I considered the 
date rather late for fresh eggs. 
No. 3. 
VAN BUREN Co., MICH., APRIL 
30, 189QI. 
Found a nest of the Phoebe 
containing four fresh eggs. There 
was a square post with a piece of 
a plank about two feet square 
nailed across the top of the post, 
projecting about six inches in 
every direction. The nest was 
plastered on the-south side of the 
post about one*inch and a half 
below the projecting board. Was 
about five feet from the ground. 
The nest was made of mud and 
fine, dry grasses, covered externally 
with fine, dry moss, lined with fine, 
dry grasses and horse. hair. Eggs 
measured 20X15; 20X14; 20X15; 
20x15 mm. 
