Wood Pewee. — Number of eggs in a 
set. June 18. 1879, saw a nest of this bird 
before it was taken from the tree. It con- 
tained four eggs which is an extreme set. 
(Three is the usual number. — E d.) 
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O.&O.Vil, Qot. 188 2 . p. KeT- 
3ir4s Tioga Do, N. Y, Aides Loringyi 
320. Wood Pewoe. Common. Found both 
in the dense woods and around the shade tree 
in the villages. The nest is placed on a dead, | 
horizontal limb, and is composed of stringy 
lichens aitd fine grasses, wound on with cob- 
webs. It is lined with stringy lichens. Mr. 
Samuels, in his Birds of New England and ‘ 
Adjacent States says, “The eggs are generally 
four in number. They are very beautiful, 
being of a delicate cream color with blotches 
and spots of lilac and brown around the larger 
end. There are two shades of brown, one 
! obscure, the other decided, even a lavender, j 
The eggs are generally oval in shape and 
but little larger at one end than at the other. 
Length from .72 to .78 in., breadth from .54 to 
.56 in. But one brood is reared in the season 
in New England. The period of incubation is 
fourteen dayq ; ” 
O t $0, XV. jane. 1890. P«84 
