. The oist . ° 03 re >•§o 0-5 208 THE 00LOOI8T. Lesser Snow Gander at Nest on Home Place. June 9, 1919. —Photo by V. Lane. THE OOLOGIST 209 The Crested Flycatcher. This spring my two small brothersconstructed several bird houses out ofbox lumber and placed them about theyard in trees and on poles. Onehouse had an opening plenty largeenough for the entrance of the Eng-lish Sparrow, yet this species of birdsdid not even try to build therein, tomy knowledge. I wondered at this,for it is uncommon for Passe domesti-cus. On the 28th of May I saw a CrestedFlycatcher go inside the box and re-main q
. The oist . ° 03 re >•§o 0-5 208 THE 00LOOI8T. Lesser Snow Gander at Nest on Home Place. June 9, 1919. —Photo by V. Lane. THE OOLOGIST 209 The Crested Flycatcher. This spring my two small brothersconstructed several bird houses out ofbox lumber and placed them about theyard in trees and on poles. Onehouse had an opening plenty largeenough for the entrance of the Eng-lish Sparrow, yet this species of birdsdid not even try to build therein, tomy knowledge. I wondered at this,for it is uncommon for Passe domesti-cus. On the 28th of May I saw a CrestedFlycatcher go inside the box and re-main quite a while before it flewaway. I had not then known of thefact that these birds sometimes buildin prepared houses, and so thoughtthe bird only curious to see what wasinside. June 2, I saw some strawsprotruding through the doorway andasked one of my small brothers toclimb up and tell me what he , he said, there are no eggs, butlook what was in the nest. He heldout a piece of snake skin. Right thenI knew the Crested Flycatcher hadbegun to
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