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this species seems to be from 6o to 70 feet, firs being the favorite tree. The eggs 
are among the handsomest of our flycatchers, each differing more or less in the 
intensity and style of its markings. A favorite perch of the male bird is the pin- 
nacle of the tallest dead tree in the vicinity, where, owing to its height, the bird 
is scarcely perceptible at times. 
rCominon on Pyramid Peak and Mt. 'fallac to at least 9000 feet. — W. W. P.] 
Contopus richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. A common summer resident 
of the entire region. It was usually observed well up in the trees its notes being 
uttered with regularity, in the intervals between which it would dart off after 
some passing insect. The nests are built in perfect mimicry with their surround- 
PHOTO 0Y C. BftRLOW. 
WESTERN WOOD PEWEE'S NEST ON CEDAR LIMB. 
ings and are usually hard to discover, except by watching the birds. June 9, 1S97 
I almost bumped into a nest built on a cedar limb six feet from the ground, which 
contained three eggs, the usual complement. The situation of the nest is shown 
in the accompanying half-tone. On June 14 a second nest was found 15 feet upon 
a small projecting limb of a burnt tree, and held four small young. The ne.st 
seenied'conspicuous when its location was known. The wood pewee nests earlier 
at P'yffe than it does farther up, and the two nests mentioned were there observed. 
On June 13, 1901 a nest and three fresh eggs were taken at Slippery h'ord, the 
nest being saddled onto a horizontal l)lack oak limb, 40 feet up. The wood 
pewee and olive-sided flycatcher occupy very similar territory throughout this 
