Large Set of Eggs of the Pewee. 
If I may be pardoned for mentioning some- 
thing about such a well-known bird I would 
like to speak of what I thought a remarkably 
large set of eggs. On May 4, 188S, I collected 
a Pliccbe’s ( Sayornis pheebe) nest containing 
ten ( 10) eggs. The nest was placed under a 
bridge and composed of the usual materials. 
I crossed this bridge several times every day 
during the time occupied in building the nest 
and depositing the eggs, and never observed 
but the one pair of birds. 
Incubation was slightly begun in some of the 
eggs. Mark 71. Mills. 
Macon, Mich. 
[The largest set of this bird’s eggs that I 
know of was seven, and these were found in 
Chester Co., Pa. — .T. P. TV.] 
O.*O.XV.M»- l890pW 
> { 
I have quite a number of j 
Phoebe birds nests having eggs speckled 
with red. W.l3. ?■ 
O.&Q. VIII. July. 1883. p. fi~. 
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