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tli.it Would Dot reconipiMKse for tin- ex- 

 tra expense and trouble. Moreover 

 his liefilth was uneerlain and his money 

 gettinor I,,u-, so lie dct-ideil to return to 

 New York 1)3^ sea. wlileh he did and ar- 

 rived there in Marel), 1809. 



He says himself that his southern 

 trip was tlie most arduous and fatigu- 

 inff he ever undertook. Yet as far as 

 sul)scrii)ers were concerned this trip was 

 more profitable than the northern, for 

 now he had succeeded in iraiuiiijj two 

 hundred ami filly in a!!, nearly two 

 hundred of uhicli wnc obtained in the 

 south, but h" said they were obtained 

 at a price worth more than five times 

 their amount. I'Ik; greatest benefit de- 

 rived from this journey i-onsiste<l in the 

 great tmiss of information oi)fained 

 co"eerning the birds wiiich winter in 

 the South, and some that never visit 

 the Northern States. 



Notes on the Birds of Henry Co , lovra. 



Thinking po.ssibly that a few of my 

 uoles for 1S93 might interest the readers 

 of the ' Oologist" so here they go I 

 did not get out very early in the spring 

 so I misse^ the earliest nester.^. 



April, 8 — I found a nest of tiie llcd- 

 tailed Hawk {Biileo borcdlis) plact.'d in a 

 large sugar maph^ about ")0 ft. from tin- 

 ground. It was quite a bulky alTaii-, 

 for the birds have nested there for thrci- 

 consecutive seasons,aml each year added 

 more material to the nest. On mount- 

 ing to the nest 1 found it to contain 

 three c'ggs af a whitish color, marked 

 with sjiots of reddish-brown, one 

 of them marked Itut faintly with s|)ots. 

 The eggs measure as follows; 2.(JGxl.(51i. 

 2.00x1.81, 2.12x1.7.1. This is the most 

 plentiful hawk that we have nesting in 

 this locality. 



Maj', 2 — I found a Kc(lshouldered 

 Hawk's (liuteo Unealus) nest, placed 

 about the same height from the giound 



as the K'.l tail's, it contaimd three 

 eggs, that measure; 2.0(ixl (51), 2.0S)xl.72, 

 2. 12x1. (ill. Tluj cL'gs were so neaiiy the 

 size and mUn- of the Ked-taiTs, as to 

 ih'fy idcntilicatioii by the eggs. Tliis 

 hawk is next to the Red-tail in aonnd- 

 ance in this community. 



May. n-Fiushed a UuflVd (•,ynu<v 

 from her nest which contained twelve 

 egsr.s This bird is beeonuning (juite 

 rare in this county. 



May, 11 — I collected a .set of four 

 eggs of the Cooper's Hawk. [Ar.cipitcr 

 coonr.ri) tlwy were of a light blue c,)!,,!- 

 and but faintly spotted with brown. 

 The nest was palced in a black oak 25ft. 

 from terra firm.i I think it was an olil 

 crovv'snest. The eggs irieasine; 2.06x 

 I «2, I. SSxl. .-)(*,, 2.0.-.Nl.(»2, l.UTxl.OO. 

 This liuh- falcriu is the most common 

 of our sm:iller Iniu ks that we have 

 nesting in this county. Me makes a 

 great deal of iMcket in the lusting sea- 

 son. 



May, 17-1 found a nest of the Tow- 

 hee, {fipilo crijUirop/i//i((/uiu.^) which 

 contained three of its own eggs and 

 five of the C'owl.ird's. The m st was 

 placed under the bank of a small ripp- 

 ling bro(dv ntit more than 4 ft. froui the 

 water's edge. This bird is wvy plenti- 

 ful in this county, and I often find the 

 Cowbirtl's egg in its nest. 



May, 2o— I secured a set of live 

 Worui-ealing Warbler's (Ikhiiif/iirtiH 

 vc7'mivoru.s)i>jT(rs, they were of a creaniy 

 white with spots ami specks of red and 

 brown. The nest was placed in dense 

 wodds aiul con"i|)osed 4if lea\cs liijtd 

 with hair-like ni ss and hor.so liair. 

 The eggs lueasure; .71x.r)5, .72x.ri7, .7Ix 

 .58. .76x55. .77x.5(i. 



This sj)ecies is (juite rare in thisc(uin- 

 ty, this being the only m st I ever 

 found. 



May. 2!)— I secun-d a set of four Hlne- 

 gray (Jualeatcher's {I'vlinjilln rirrn/c") 

 eggs from a nest jilaced in an iron- 

 wood about 15 ft. from the groiintl. 

 The eijgs wer.- < ! , bluish-while color 



