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THE OOLOGIST. 



May 29, 189:2 Nest in maple tree 15 ft. 

 up "and li ft. from body of tree. 2 

 fresh eggs, .86.^.59, .84x.58. 



43. White-eyed Vireo. 631. 



Seta. Walke, N. C, June 22, 1891. 

 Nest of l)its of green moss, rotten wood 

 and line strips of l)ark, lined with fine 

 grass. 8 ft. up suspended beiow limb of 

 a bush. 8 fresh eggs, .71x.55, ..Tlx-oS, 

 .67x.r)4. 



44. Worm-eating Warbler. 639. 

 Set a. Walke, N. C, May 4, 1891. 



Nest loosely made of leaves and piue 

 straw, linecl with hairlike moss, placed 

 in slight depression of the ground, 

 sheltered by a fallen limb covered with 

 leaves, on gently sloping hillside about 

 6 ft. from small run of water. 5 fresh 

 eggs, .73x 55. .7ox.54, .73x.57. .72x.54, 

 .72X.55, 



45. Yellow-throated Warbler. 663. 

 Seta. Raleigh, N. C, May 5, 1892. 



Nest on iiorizontal limb of pine, 35 ft. 

 high. 4 fresh eggs, .67x 52, .68x.51, 

 .08X.52, .«8.\.51. 



Set b. Raleigh, N. C, May 4, 1891. 

 Nest of grape vine bark, leaf stems, 

 weeil leaves, cocoons and other fibres, 

 lined with cattail llulT and some hairs, 

 43 ft. up on horizontal limb of pine. 

 4 fresh egg.s, .68x.48, .70x.51, .68x 49, 

 .68X.50. 



46. Pine Warbler. 671. 



Seta. Walke! N. C. April 29, 1891. 

 Nest of weeil stems, pine stems, feath- 

 ers, spider webs anil other fibres, lined 

 inside with hair and feathers, placed 

 on hori/.oiitu! limb of pine al)out 50 ft. 

 from gronnil and 5 ft. from body of 

 tree. 4 eggs, small, soft embyros, .71 x 

 .54, .73X.54. .73x53, .72x.53. 



Set I). Raleigh, N. C, April 28, 1891. 

 Nest 31 ft. iiigh on horizontal pine 

 limb. 4 eggs, small, .soft embyros, .71x 

 53, .73x53. .73x. 53, .72x53. 



Set c. Walke. N. C, May 4, 1891. 

 Nest of grapevine Ijark, spider webs 

 and otlu-r fibres, lined with hair and 

 feathers, 35 ft. up on horizontal limb of 

 pine. 4 fresh eggs. .70x.54, .70x.54, .73 

 X.56, .73X.54. 



Set d. Raleigh, N. C, April 28. 1890. 

 Nest 39 ft. up near end of horizontal 

 limb of pine. 4 eggs, small, soft em- 

 Ijyros, .72X.54, .71x.54, .72x.53, .73x.54. 



Set e. Raleigh, N. C, May 7. 1890. 

 Nest 64 ft. high in pine. 4 eggs, one 

 broken, medium embyros, .63x.54, Mix 

 .54, .65X.54. 



Wanted -Advice- 

 Having arrived a few weeks ago ia 

 Arizona with the prospects of remain ~ 

 ing during the breeding season, I have 

 Aery naturally intei'ested myself in the 

 birds, and also in the various old nests 

 which are to be found in the brush and 

 trees, with a view to getting ideys. 

 which would be of use when nesting 

 season begins. 



Now we are all aAA'are that a number" 

 of desirable species in this locality, nest 

 in the giant cactus; such as the Elf Owl> 

 Gila Woodpecker, and Gilded Flicker; 

 and finding all these species more or 

 less abundant here, I made it the object 

 of one of my first excursions to exam- 

 ine these cacti. 



Well I have seen them in their native 

 Avilds, and also plenty of Woodpecker 

 holes of all ages. , But right here comes 

 the pinch, and the point where I want 

 advice. How in the name of common 

 sense does any one ever reach those 

 holesV Probably 3'ou all know what a 

 giant cactus is like; if not imagine a 

 young asparagus stalk magnified abont 

 fifty times, and covei"ed from top ta 

 bottom as thick as they can comfor- 

 tably grow Avith exceeding]^' sharp, stiff 

 and tough spines, each about an inch 

 long, and you haA'e a fair representa- 

 tion of a giant cactus. 



I have had some of the experience 

 which falls to the lot of an oiilogist; have 

 climbed tall trees, and slim trees, and 

 slippery trees, and rotten trees; sus- 

 pended myself over cliffs, and from the 

 ends of di'oopiiig branches at varying 

 distances from the ground; waded iu 

 mud and water, and dug in the ground^ 

 but I never faced just such a problem 

 as this. 



J^vidcntly climbers are of no use, 

 even should they hold in the soft sub- 

 stance, I think the thorns would pre- 

 clude their use. Even a rope does not 

 seem to help the uuitter, as the croAvns. 

 of the shafts ofter no hold. True somii 



