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immediately rebuild and will use the same tree, 

 sometimes the same fork, year after year. 



It is a very interesting sight to watch a Bfe- 

 wee catch insects; when engaged in this occupa- 

 tion it selects a dead limb from which it can get 

 a good view from all sides, and sits there with its 

 little black eyes watching carefully in all direc- 

 tions until an insect flys near, then with a quick 

 flight and a summerset in the air and a snapping 

 of the bill it returns triumphiantly to its j erch, 

 devouring the insect after it alights and uttering 

 a note of evident satisfaction. 



I have seen them catch insects for hours at a 

 time and never seem to be supplied. 

 The birds are not at all shy, 1 have approached 

 within five feet of them while they were catching 

 insects, and they have flown within that distance 

 of me while 1 have been near their nests. 



At times the song of the Wood Pewee is live- 

 ly and pleasing but usually it is dismal. 



The Wood Pewee is a migrant here, leaving 

 late in the fall and returning during the first half 

 of April, always going back to its old home to 

 breed. 



Vicksburg, Miss., Nov.1899. 



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