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Western Wood Pewee (continued)
from pp. 76.
462a
Contopus richardsonii.
1894.
July 7.
On June 21-23, while in Lytle Ch. Can.
I found 2 nests of this bird.
1st near Middle Fork. 12 ft up in
an alder. Placed on the underside
of a branch horizontal. Near aeroleh,
but not touching it. Nest of leaves,
grass covered with webs, presented
a whitish appearance much like
the branch. Flat. Diam. 2.25-
Diam. 1.50. Depth 1.75 and 1.00 inches.
34g.
2nd In another canyon along a road.
12 ft up on a branch. Composed of
twigs &c as before and looked like
#1. Lined with fine grass + yucca fibre[?]
Diam 3.00 Diam 2.00 depth 1.62 depth 1.12
Old quite bold in both cases.
Shot 1 bird. leng. 6. Extl. 9/12(?) wg. 3.25-
xl. 2.65. Nests altogether different
from those collected in river bottom
and I now think that those
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