PHOEBE, (common) -April 4,1932. 

 "Hoots", four mi. from B.S.G. 



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nest of this little bird was 

 placed on a stone slab in a culvert 

 under the L.&HJUR. The slab wasa 

 about 2 T by 6 n ,and three ft. from 

 the entrance , ihe nest was composed of 

 moss and mud lined with black horse- 

 hair. It contained four fresh eggs (white 

 The female was on the nest and flew 

 within a few inches of my head when 

 I started under the culvert. The re 

 re afew old nests on the same roclc # . 



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-white 



, — . ) —July 4 , 1933 . 

 "Hoots", four mi . from 3. 3. a 



"Hoot" and I Happened to be pick- 

 ing blackberries, when we flushed the 

 bird from the nest.fhe nest was compos- 

 ed of grasses forming a neat constric- 

 tion whi ch was arched over to conceal 

 the fourteen white pointed eggs; they 

 were incubated 1/2. 



I was frog hunting down there one 

 uig3.it about two days later wfien 1 de- | 

 sided to get the eggs. Max Graber was 

 with me. We caught the female and turned 

 her loose; the nest was situated in a 

 stubble field in a briar patch. 



