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one of them, especially in suitable 

 localities, there will be found a Wren's 

 nest during the months from the last 

 week of April to the end of June— and 

 possibly later. It has been my ex- 

 perience that sets of seven predomi- 

 nate in the eggs laid by this bird, but 

 frequently sets of eight and nine are 

 found. Small sets of five and six are 

 usually incomplete and if left may or 

 may not be filled, just as the bird hap- 

 pens to feel about it. I have left small 

 sets after having chopped a huge hole 

 in the tree and had them completed; 

 on the other hand, I have left them in 



a nest scarcely disturbed from its 

 first condition and found them aban- 

 doned when I came again. The great- 

 est number of sets of this Wren that I 

 ever found in one day was nine, and 

 they ranged in size from seven to nine 

 eggs, all fresh, all easily collected and 

 all safely blown, a feat I have not 

 equaled though I have taken many 

 sets since. This was in 1902, I believe 

 though I am not sure, and on about 

 the 20th of May. The little red eggs 

 of this bird are not nearly so fragile 

 as those of many another small bird 

 of similar region and size — probably 



