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NAME- Eastern Wood Pewee A . 0 . U.NO . - ^6l 

 (Myochanes virens) ** 



DATE - June 11, 1935 

 NO. - 3 



INCUBATION - 1/3 



0.75 x 0.5^ 0.7^ x 0.5^ 



SIZES - 0.76 x 0.55 



SITUATION - This rather small and beauti- 

 fully constructed nest appeared like a knot 

 on the horizontal limb about 15 feet above 

 ground and only k feet from the trunk of a 

 small locust, 10" in diameter, in a pasture 

 I a mile from the V.E.S. campus. Had I not 

 seen the bird fly from the nest I probably 

 would have missed it entirely. 



The nest was composed plant 

 fibers and thin stems with rootlets and soft 

 plant down, held together with spider silk 

 and covered on the outside with gray and 

 greenish lichens. It was lined with smaller 

 plant fibers, some plant down and hair. The 

 dimensions were roughly: 



Outside diam. 2|" Inside diam. 1 3A" 



Height 2" " depth li" 



The three fresh, creamy white 

 eggs w ere oval and for the most part had spot 

 and blotches of tan and brown most prominent 

 as wreaths around each large end. 



Near Lynchburg, Va. 



** (Contopus virens) A.O.U. Checklist 1983 



