64 Mr. R. Owen on the Nesting 



hedges, 7 or 8 feet from the ground, the site chosen being free 

 from overhanging branches. 



13. Myiozetetes texensis. San Geronimo, May 5, 1860. Male 

 and female bird, nest, and several eggs. 



The nest and eggs of this species also are described in ' The 

 Ibis,^ vol. i. p. 123, and the egg figured on pi. 5. 



14. Pachyrhamphus aglai^. Choacus, May 15, 1860. 

 Female bird, nest, and two eggs. 



The nest is composed of tendrils, strips of bark, and grass, 

 the interior and exterior being of the same materials, which are 

 woven so as to form a hanging nest open at the top, 2 inches 

 deep inside, and 2| inches in diameter. 



The egg (Plate II. fig. 4) is white, beautifully marked with 

 pencillings of a pinkish red and occasional spots of the same 

 colour. These markings are much blended and concentrated at 

 the larger end. It measures, axis '95, diam. '6 in. 



These eggs were in an advanced stage of incubation. The 

 nest was built between, and hanging from, the forked branch of 

 a sapling at the foot of the mountain. The bird was very tame. 



15. Antrostomus ?*, Night Hawk. Mountain of Santa 



Barbara, April 20, 1860. Hen bird with two eggs. 



The eggs are white, and measure, axis 1*05 in., diam. '8. I do 

 not quite understand these eggs being white, except by supposing 

 them to be accidentally so. In other respects, i. e. in form and 

 texture, they agree with the eggs of other species of Caprimulgida. 



These eggs, two in number, were found on the ground, at the 

 foot of a large pine-tree. There was no nest. 



16. EuMOMOTA suPERCiLiARis. " Torovoz." San Geronimo, 

 May 21, 1860. Several eggs. 



The nest is described below. 



The egg is glossy white, and measures, axis 1 in., diam. '8. 

 The form of the egg is quite that of a Merops. 



This appears to be the height of the breeding-season with the 

 " Torovoces.^' They are in full song, if their croaking note may 

 be so termed, and are as noisy and busy now as they are mute 



* The species is nearly allied to (perhaps identical with) A, vociferus. — 

 P. L. S. 



