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 i66 THE CONDOR [ Vol. III this species seems to be from 6o to 7o feet, firs being the favorite tree. The eggs are among the handsomest of our flycatchers each differing more or less in the intensity and style of its markings. A favorite perch of the male bird is the pin- nacle of the tallest dead tree in the vicinity. where, owing to its height, the bird is scarcely perceptible at times. [Common on Pyramid Peak and Mr. Tallc to at least 9o0o feet.--W. W. P.] C0nt0pu$ richard$0ni. Western Wood Pewee. A common summer resident of the entire region. It was usually observed well up in the trees its notes bei,g uttered with regularity. in the intervals Between which it would dart off after some passing insect. The nests are built in perfect tnimicry with their surround- WE:STRN WOOD PE:W['S NST ON CEDAR LIMB. ings and are usually hard to discover, except by watching the birds. June 9, 897 I almost bumped into a nest built on a cedar limb six feet from the ground, which contained three'eggs, the usual complement. The situation of the nest is shown in the accompanyinghalf-tone. On June 14 a second nest was found [5 feet upon a small projecting limb of a burnt tree, and held four small young. The nest seemed.conspicuous when its location was known. The wood pewee nests earlier at Fyffe than it does farther up, and the two nests mentioned were there observed. On June 13, [90[ a nest and three fresh eggs were taken at Slippery Ford, the nest being saddled onto a horizontal black oak limb, 40 feet up. The wood pewee and olive-sided flycatcher occupy very similar territory throughout this region.