44 



California, J" 



20E 



prised and interested to observe a grain sack. The set of two eggs 

 taken from th.s nest were nnu.ually large, one of them nreasuW 

 79x62.2 millimeters. =""1114; 



A curious circumstance about the eagles that make their home 

 n^r Sargents is that several pairs that are always seen .here appar! 



s" u'eh thTt':"'- ^'^ "";" °' '"^ ^°""'^^ '" -™^ °f "- Wl^ 

 .s such that one accustomed to riding about might actually know 



every tree where the birds could build, so that an undiscover'^^d nes^ 

 would be an impossibility. My friend showed me a pair of eag es 

 ^at have hved in the hills jus. back of his house for many ye! s 



vvhen he^t d thereggs"^ tS „''"^'^^■\"°' 'T^ '•"''"'*■ 



J ii^^i Liiree eggs. 1 his pair stay about the nlin- nl! i-h^ 



yea. hv.n, ,a.,ely (like the other eagles'thereabo^) ^^^ 

 n ey are accustomed to roost in one particular tree. I heard theni 

 uttenng the. peculiar, plaintive whistle in the mornings se^^-a 

 nmes dunng xny stay. Their nest was not much over three hun 

 dred yards from the house, and was a large structure built nn " ' 

 horizontal limb about forty feet from the ground ' 



eJsinVrf ^"•'"" f^ '' "'" ^^ seen that collecting eagle's 

 eggs m Cahforma IS not fraught with the difficulties and danLrs 



O fealwst irt'°^^ ^^^^-'"""^- - ''^ Easterntfte^ 



BIRDS NEW OR RARE IN CALIFORNIA. 



BY W. OTTO EMERSON. 



_ During the past ten years of my collecting experiences in Califor 



stt r:f It r "1-!"-- -'-'• -^ -- -^1. a^iLi^ot t 



State or of rare occurrence; these are 



psaltria 



Arizona Goldfinch.- A male was taken 



This variety of gold- 



finch is apt to be overlooked fon tie f ^ o te 17' ■', ^°'t 



.ltd t:t ^rT'"^ .^ewintet:::;: r:::^ 



thirtv ,nne?n^rth „f 1 i? "'"/'"'■ ^' '"' ^' ^' Encinitas Ranch, 

 anotl.: "t r '«,'!." ?!«°; f=^^'"^ --W sunflowers; also 



