. The oist . t o OJpH. ■a u4) d o ^3 ; ■i->o)h4 .E ^ re H, Id THE OOLOGIST Cowbird ImpositionsI found Cowbirds eggs in nests ofnearly all of our different Sparrows,Orioles, Vireos and other small birds,but I believe finding a Cowbirds eggin a Phoebes nest is very so when the Phoebes nest is ina house. The nest shown in the en-closed picture was found inside an olddeserted log house over the door lead-ing into the kitchen to the parlor, ifsuch you can call the main livin groom of the typical Ozark pioneersresidence. The cowbird had to enterthe house by a window to get to thePhoe
. The oist . t o OJpH. ■a u4) d o ^3 ; ■i->o)h4 .E ^ re H, Id THE OOLOGIST Cowbird ImpositionsI found Cowbirds eggs in nests ofnearly all of our different Sparrows,Orioles, Vireos and other small birds,but I believe finding a Cowbirds eggin a Phoebes nest is very so when the Phoebes nest is ina house. The nest shown in the en-closed picture was found inside an olddeserted log house over the door lead-ing into the kitchen to the parlor, ifsuch you can call the main livin groom of the typical Ozark pioneersresidence. The cowbird had to enterthe house by a window to get to thePhoebes nest and personally I believethis is the limit. To get sufficientlight to take the picture we had totake the nest out doors and attach itto the foundation where it is nowshown. The nest was found May 7,1915 and the eggs are now muchprized specimens of my collection. Another extraordinary place for acowbirds egg was in a Mockingbirdsnest in a peach tree,—the cowbirdsegg being smaller than the anot
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