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or hillside, usually beneath a projecting rock or bunch of grass and, 

 Howard' adds, in the vicinity of a spring or waterfall. 



Nest. — Brewster^ describes the nest as ^ 'large, flat and shallow," 

 and as composed of bark, coarse fibers from weed-stalks, and fine 

 bleached grasses, the latter, with a few hairs forming a simple lining; 

 a description which seems to fit the average nest of this species. 



Eggs. — Usually 4. Ground color white, finely dotted, in form of 

 wreath around large end, with reddish brown and lavender gray, and a 

 very few scattering dots over rest of egg. Size; a typical set of 4 

 measures .6SX.51, .65X.51, .66X.51, .64X.51. (Figs. 125,126.) 



Nesting Dates. — Santa Rita Mts., May 18 (Stephens). 



Biographical References 



(1) W. E. Bryant, Nest and Eggs of the Painted Flycatcher (in Arizona), 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, 1881, 176. (2) Wm. Brewster, On a Collection 

 Birds lately made by Mr. F. Stephens in Arizona, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, 

 1882, 140. (3) O. W. Howard, Summer Resident Warblers of Arizona, Bull. 

 Cooper Orn. Club (=Condor), I, 1899, 65. (4) G. F. Breninger, The Painted 

 Redstart (in Arizona), Condor, III, 1901, 147. 



