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An Interval Between the Laying of 
Eggs, etc. 
Some time ago I read an article by Mi. 
McLaughlin in the 0. & 0. to the effect that 
when a bird only laid two eggs to the set she 
didn’t lay thorn on consecutive days, hut 
dropped a day between laying the first and 
second eggs. I have only had occasion to test 
the accuracy of his statement once, and that 
was a Whip-poor-will in 1888, and she missed a 
day exactly as he stated. Now all this is 
merely introductory to a theory of my own, 
viz., that when the Acadian Flycatcher and 
Wood Pewee lay three eggs to the set they are 
at least four days in so doing, and I hereby 
present my facts. 
May 29, 1889, 1 observed an Acadian’s nest 
with two eggs in it. May 30th, still two -eggs. 
May 31st, took set of three from the nest. 
June 1st, I observed two Acadians’ nests with 
one egg each. June 3d, both nests contained 
only two eggs. June 5th, took a set of three 
from each nest. June 6tli, Wood Pewee’ s nest 
(two eggs observed). June 7th, still only two 
eggs. June 8th, three eggs in nest. 
The evidence, 1 must confess, is rather slim, 
but it all points one way, and I mean to work 
up the matter this year. Last year 1 did not 
appreciate the fact u nt il May 30th, and so did 
j not then have much opportunity of testing my 
I theory. 
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Nesting of the Wood Pewee in Nova 
Scotia. 
A POINT ON SHELL MAKKINGS. 
While at my homo in Kentville, N. S., an 
exquisitely marked set of eggs of the Wood 
Pewee (Contopus wens) A. O. U. 461, found 
their way into my collecting box. The neatly 
constructed shallow nest, composed of veg- 
etable down and fine tree moss, the whole 
completely covered with lichen, (which made 
it hard to distinguish from a knot while 
standing on the ground), was built on top of a 
forked branch of a large dead spruce limb, five 
feet from the trunk of the tree, and fifteen 
feet from the grouud, to the edge of a spruce 
wood. The eggs were two in number, of a palo 
buff ground color, having a faint pinkish 
tinge. A series of fine spots and irregular 
blotches of browns, shading from pale red- 
brown to rich chocolate, and lavenders from 
light to dark, circle the large end. One 
thing particularly noticeable in some of the 
lavender markings is the appearance of being 
put on over some other shade, a reddish tinge 
showing through in the centre. This led me 
to try an experiment. First using a piece of 
white silk dipped in water, I tried to remove 
the lavender; a little rubbing made it appear 
rather darker. Not satisfied, I then took my 
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