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5 mi. S Mt. Thielern, 6200 ft., Douglas Co., Oregon.
June 12, 1932
At 11:15 a.m. a Wright Flycatcher was seen perched near the top of a Lodge Pole Pine, Thirty feet above the ground. A few moments later it was seen to fly to a nearby tree at the same height. Heard to give or three syllabled series of notes, also single call notes. Flew out twenty feet after an insect and returned to the same tree. Seen to move about rather actively from limb to limb.
Miller showed me a Jeraco nest that he found about 1/2 mile North east of camp. It was situated on the ground among a small group of young Lodge Pole Pines, which were between 5 and 10 feet in height. The nest was in the open, eight inches from the base of one small tree and two feet from the bases of two others [ : . ° ° ]. It was constructed with the base of the cup on the ground. The sides were built up in a sloping manner so that they were about one inch above the level of the pine needles. The nest was composed of fine stems of grass. The bottom of the nest was fare of grass and composed of fine hair and hair like moss matted together. In the nest there were four white eggs speckled with reddish brown, particularly on the larger end. The outer diameters were: 170 mm. x 110 mm. The inner diameters: 50 mm. x 60 mm. Depth, 62 mm. Another