UNUSUAL NESTING SITES. 



UNUSUAL NESTING SITES. II. 



BY WALTEE E. BRYANT. 



Read December 5, 1887. 



The entire material, with one exception, which comprises; 

 the present paper, has been received in brief notes or dic- 

 tations from Messrs. W. Otto Emerson, A. M, Ingersoll and 

 Chas W. Knox, leaving the part taken by the author simply 

 that of editor and compiler. The initials following the 

 cases cited are those of the observers, to whom my tlianks^ 

 are due for communicating their interesting field observa- 

 tions. 

 Tyrannus verticalis. 



Arkansas Flycatcher. — A nest was found built upon a 

 fence-post more than half a mile from the nearest tree. It 

 was secured from observation on one side by a board nailed- 

 to the post and projecting above it. (A. M. I.) 



Sayornis nigricans. 



Black Ph(ebe. — A pair built for two consecutive years in; 

 a well four feet below the surface. The first year a second 

 nest was built after the first had been taken. (W. O. E.) 



Epidonax difficilis. 



Baird's Flycatcher. — A nest was built at the bottom of 

 a hole five inches deep, made by a red-shafted flicker in a. 

 live oak. (A. M. I) 



Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. 



Blue-fronted Jay. — A strange departure from the usual 

 habits of jays was noticed in Placer County, Cal., where 

 they had persisted in building within the show-sheds in 

 spite of the noise and smoke of passing trains. The de- 

 struction of their nests by the men employed on the water 



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