The Wood Pewee. 



By Albert Gamer. 



Little is seen of this solitary and lonely 

 little bird unless one takes particular notice of it. 

 The bird, its habits and its eggs are perfect 

 miniatures of its larger cousin, the Kingbird; the 

 nest though, differs greatly in construction and 

 situation. 1 had looked upon Pesvee's nests in 

 this locality as a rarity until 1897, when I found 

 tour within a radius of half a mile, in less than 

 ten days. The nests are placed in oak trees 



mostly, bat may be also found in elm, pecan, lo- 

 cust, poplar or thorn trees, at an average height 

 of twenty feet 



The usual number of eggs laid are three, 

 t .ough often four, these aie generally laid in the 

 last of May; the ground color ranges from pure 

 white to a rich cream, with beautiful spots of 

 black, brown, slate and umber wreathed around 

 the larger end, with an occasional speck on some 

 other part of the egg. Ail the nests that I have 

 examined were made of hair, lichens and spider- 

 webs on the outside; the inside walls were lined 

 with hair, while the limb on which the nest was 

 saddled generally formed the floor. 



The birds, when robbed the first time, will 



