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— 
P and two eggs were the contents. The nest was 
^ nothing but a platform of twigs, no lining be- 
H ing visible. The eggs were of the usual size, 
n of a light blue color, and spotless; in fact the 
g. same shade as those of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
’ Under the tree I found six half-shells, which 
03 corresponded with those in the nest in size and 
*3 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 
probably been disturbed, and the eggs taken by 
"ip gome of our enterprising collectors. 
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