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NAME - Eastern Phoebe A.O.U.NQ. - 456 



(Sayornis phoebe ) 



DATE - April 30, 193^ 

 NO. - 5 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



O.77 x 0.57 0.76 x 0.57 



yizgg * 0.78 x 0.58 0.77 x 0.58 



0.76 x O.57 

 SITUATION - Neatly placed well out of the 

 weather on a board under a small bridge over 

 a stream was this beautiful nest of the 

 Phoebe. It was rounded and composed of mud 

 intermixed with thin grasses and weeds and 

 covered on the outside by generous amounts 

 of moss which tended to camouflage it well, 

 the inside of the nest was made up of fine 

 and soft plant fibers with significant hair. 

 The nest sloped from the inner rim down to 

 the board which supported it. The dimensions 

 were: Inside diam. 2|" Max. outside diam. 5" 

 Height 3§* Depth li" 



The five fresh, white eggs were 



oval in shape. 



The female bird stayed just 

 outside the culvert, bobbing her tail and 

 watching my every move; occasionally she 

 would utter her plaintive call. 



The nest of this bird was about 

 ten feet above the little stream that ran 

 under the bridge. 



Near Virginia Episcopal School 

 Lynchburg , Va . 



