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NAME- 



DATE- 



American Crow A.O.U. NO. 488 



(Corvus Brachyrhynchos ) 



April 9, 1933 



NO. 



INCUBATION- Fresh 



SIZES- 



1.78 x 1.17 

 1 .76 x 1 .14 



1.77 x 1.16 

 1 .64 x 1 .15 



SITUATION - This wary bird allowed me to 

 approach within a few feet before she flew 

 straight away and out of sight from her rather 

 large nest which was placed against the trunk 

 and upheld by two limbs about fifty feet up in 

 a huge Beech tree. The latter was in rather 

 heavy timber on Wallen's Ridge near Big Stone 

 Gap, Va. 



The nest was close to 24 M in 

 greatest diameter, was bulky and composed of 

 large and smaller sticks, rootlets, and some 

 pieces of bark. It was lined with fine rootlets 

 and strips of grapevine bark and it contained 

 four bluish-green eggs which were covered with 

 large and small light brown streaks and 

 splotches . 



Other nest dimensions were 

 Height : 8" Inside Diam. : 7" 



Depth : 4" 



