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Fig. 72. NEST AND EGGS OF BLUB JAY. 

 The Blue Jay usually nests in pine trees. 



li"ve watched them tlirough field glasses; I have looked at 

 tl'.em over the sights of a gun ; I have watched them on tlie 

 .ground glass of a camera; and I have kept them and 

 watclicd them in captivity. 



One morning, about the middle of May, two men might 

 have been seen going along a certain pine-covered hillside. 

 Their actions were peculiar for they stopped and looked 

 sliarplv into each tree as they passed. It was very promis- 

 ing ground for Blue .Jay nests and, to tell the truth, that 

 is just what these men were looking for. 



A bird slipped quietly out of the far side of one of the 

 pines, but the sharp eyes of my companion caught sight of 



