OF VIRGINIA 265 
near the extremity of the limbs of large, spreading pies, 
from twenty to forty fect up, composed of dry grass, 
pine needles, strips of bark, aud lined with bark fiber. 
Fresh cggs June 15th to 20th, from four to five in number, 
eravish-blue when freshly taken, spotted and blotched 
with black, or blackish-brown. Size, .85x.60. They 
undoubtedly lay two broods, as my father has taken fresh 
eges August Sth, though this record was in the western 
part of the State. In some sections they do much damage 
to small fruit, cherries in particular, but there is so much 
wild food with us, that they practically do no damage. 
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