. Nature study; birds . rches, throw back hishead and whistle in a very high pitch pee-a-wee,—asong rather sweet, restful and also, as Dorothy said, after a short pause, he would add to this song twomore notes, usually described as pe-eer. ^Ahere do you suppose his nest is, Uncle George?asked Dick. It may possiblj^ be in some of these apple trees, but 1think it more likely to be in those on the edge of thewoods. Probably Jfrs. Pewee is sitting on the nest while heis hunting in this orcliard. They make one of the prettiest of bird nests,—of wool-ly fibres covered on the outs
. Nature study; birds . rches, throw back hishead and whistle in a very high pitch pee-a-wee,—asong rather sweet, restful and also, as Dorothy said, after a short pause, he would add to this song twomore notes, usually described as pe-eer. ^Ahere do you suppose his nest is, Uncle George?asked Dick. It may possiblj^ be in some of these apple trees, but 1think it more likely to be in those on the edge of thewoods. Probably Jfrs. Pewee is sitting on the nest while heis hunting in this orcliard. They make one of the prettiest of bird nests,—of wool-ly fibres covered on the outside with bits of lichens or mosssuch as grows on the branches of many treeS. This nest isalways placed on a horizontal limb, usually quite a largeone, and looks just like a little tuft of moss .growing on thetop of it. It looks so much like the tree that their nests arequite difficult to find. Pewee eggs, too, are very beautiful,—a rich, creamy ;white with a wreath of quite large brown spots about thelarge end. ^^.
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