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Curious Nest and Eggs of a Crow. 
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BY FRANK L. BURNS, BERWYN, PA. 
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On the afternoon of the 29th of May, 1887, 
while walking through the woods between 
Berwyn and Devon, and not far from a small 
sheet of water known as “ Devon Lake,” five 
or six crows flew directly over my head, making 
an incessant clatter. And soon, while ap- 
proaching a thicket of green briers, saplings, 
etc., a female crow flew out and up. In a small 
beech tree, about twelve feet up, and far out on 
a slender branch, I espied a frail looking nest, 
very much like that of a Cuckoo’s, only larger. 
Climbing up, and carefully working my way 
out, with the aid of several higher limbs, I 
reached the nest. Three young— just hatched— 
and two eggs were the contents. The nest was 
^ nothing but a platform of twigs, no lining be- 
{3 ing visible. The eggs were of the usual size, 
of a light blue color, and spotless; in fact the 
same shade as those of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
^ Under the tree I found six half-shells, which 
CC corresponded with those in the nest in size and 
color. 
■0 I believe this to be the second, possibly the 
\ third set of eggs deposited by this bird this 
season. The former nest, or nests, having 
r probably been disturbed, and the eggs taken by 
"^o some of our enterprising collectors. 
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