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The Pewee. 

 This is a common bird, and one about 

 which much has been written, but I 



thought a few notes from my own observa- 

 tion on its nesting in this locality, might 

 possibly be acceptable. 



They arrive here about the first week in 

 March, and pair, and begin building by the 

 middle of April. They make a very pretty 

 nest, composed principally of mud, covered 

 on the outside with moss, and lined with 

 horse hair, fine dry grass, or feathers, 

 usually placed on the rocks along the creek, 

 plastered at the side and bottom to a nar- 

 row ledge of rock, from four to sixty feet 

 high. The nest is about 1^ inches deep, 

 and about 3^ inches across on the outside. 

 Their eggs are pure white, about every 

 other set containing one or more eggs more 

 or less spotted with small reddish-brown 

 dots. The eggs average .80 by .C2, point- 

 ed at the smaller end. 



They lay sometimes but three eggs, as I 

 nave found sets of three with incubation 

 advanced. Their usual number, however, 

 is four, sometimes five and occasionally six, 

 being found. Nearly every nest contains 

 also an egg of the Cowbird. They raise 

 two, if not three, broods a season, as the 

 list will show. The following are a few 

 typical sets, including the earliest and latest 

 dates for the last three years: 



1885, June 27— Set of 3, and 1 Cowbird's, 

 fresh. 



1886, May 11— Found 4 eggs with inc. adv. 



and left them. 

 June 16 — Got 4 fresh eggs from above 



nest. 

 May 11 — Five eggs ready to hatch and 



one young bird. 

 July 2 — 3 eggs, incubation advanced. 



1887, May 2—4 fresh eggs. 

 June 10 — 5 fresh eggs. 



D. T. May, Poland, Ohio. 



Amongthe Coots on St. Glair Flats. 

 One afternoon in early May while sitting 

 on the side porch, preparing a set of Rail's 

 eggs for my cabinet, G. — (an old chum of 

 mine) came along and asked me to take a 

 trip with him the following day to the St. 

 Clair Falls. At first I refused, telling him 

 I had Jim's house to repair, (Jim was was 

 my pet crow) but he insisted so earnestly, 

 I at last consented. I was awakened a little 



