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thus making this tiny bird quite a factor in the decrease 
of many harmful forest pests. The nests are beautiful- 
made structures of moss, plant down, fine grasses and 
strips of bark, lined with feathers, placed suspended near 
the extremity of the limb of a conifer generally, from 
forty to seventy feet from the ground. The eggs number 
five to eight, the ground color a dull gray, finely specked 
with light brown, giving the egg rather a dirty yellowish 
appearance. Size, .55x.45. It is improbable they raise 
more than one brood a season. Fresh eges May 25th to 
June 15th. 
