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Maryland. Collected by Thomas H. Jackson. 

 Four eggs. Light yellowish-white. Two of 

 the eggs have a few small spots of russet near 

 the smaller ends; the other two are unmarked : 

 1.93x1.54; 1.94x1.53; 1.92xl..55; 1.94x1.54. 



Set XII. May 7, 1884. Clifton, Virginia. 

 Collected by II. K. Jamison. Three eggs, in- 

 cubation begun. Veiy light bluish-white. One 

 egg unmarked. The other two spotted and 

 speckled with chestnut. Some of the spots 

 measure .25 x .10, but most of them are smaller. 

 One of the eggs is much more heavily marked 

 than the other: 1.90x1. .50; 1.91x1.50; 1.90 x 

 1.4G. 



Set XIII. May 9, 1885. Preston, Conn. Col- 

 lected by "J. M. W." (C. L. Rawson). Four 

 eggs, fresh. Concerning this most peculiar set, 

 Mr. Rawson writes: "Old nest, raised up high 

 in oak. Male killed."' Tliey are light bluish 

 white. One is unmarked, the other three 

 spotted with fawn color and russet. The spots 

 average about .10 x 15. The peculiarity of this 

 set consists in the great number of large gran- 

 ulations and corrugations wliich are found on 

 three of the eggs. The bird's oviduct must cer- 

 tainly have been diseased, as the present writer 

 has never seen another set of eggs with the 

 like peculiarity: 1.97x1.52; 1.92x1.54; 1.90 x 

 1.57; 1.9Gxl..50. 



Set XIV. May 20, 1886. Lafayette County, 

 Miss. Collected by J. T. M. Two eggs, fresh. 

 Light bluish-white. One of them is marked 

 with a few faint specks of russet: 1.85x1.46; 

 1.81x1.43. 



Set XV. May 17, 1883. Blue Mountains, 

 Northampton County, Penn. Collected by 

 Shriner. Two eggs. Grayish-white, one of 

 them unmarked, the other spotted w-ith russet, 

 principally at the smaller end : 1.90 x 1.33 ; 1.89 

 X 1.32. 



Set XVI. May 4, 1885. Kingston, New Mex- 

 ico. Collected by F. W. Four eggs, fresh. 

 Bluish-white. Two of the eggs are unmarked, 

 but the other two are quite heavily spotted 

 with russet: 1.90x1.43; 1.94x1.45; 1.99x1.44; 

 2.02 .X 1.45. 



Set XVII. May 14, 1882. Ledyard, New 

 London County, Conn. Collected by " J. M. 

 W." (C. L. Rawson). Five eggs, fresh. 

 Light bluish-white, two of them unmarked. 

 The other three are very heavily marked for 

 this species. The spots and blotches are of 

 russet and chestnut, and some of them measure 

 .25x35. One egg is especially brilliant, and the 

 markings are as heavy as on the average speci- 

 mens of i?«<eo Uneattis. Concerning this beauti- 

 ful set, Mr. Rawson writes: ■•Little old nest 



in chestnut. Male and female both in attend- 

 ance, chattering loudly." 1.88x1.49; 1.87x 

 1.46; 1.86x1.48; 1.90 x 1.47; 1.84 x 1.45. 



Set XVIII. May 11, 1884. Ledyard, New 

 London County, Conn. Collected by "J. M. 

 VV."' (C. L. Ilawson). Five eggs, fresh. Bluish- 

 white. One of them is unmarked, but the other 

 four are brilliantly and heavily spotted and 

 blotched with burnt umber. The markings are 

 heaviest at the larger ends, and one of the 

 blotches measures .45 x .25. The dark color of 

 the markings, and their great number, renders 

 this set quite phenomenal in appearance, and 

 were it not for their smaller size, they would 

 readily pass for eggs of Buteo lineatus. Mr. 

 Rawson writes concerning theni : " A fragment 

 of old nest in top of straight tree was examined, 

 and w-ith the glass showed feathers. Climber 

 sent up, and got this fine set. Hawks came 

 near, and chattered as the ascent was made. 

 I have always considered these two brightly 

 marked sets of Cooper's [Sets XVII and XVIII 

 above], were from the same bird. The nests 

 were about a mile apart, as the Crow flies. In 

 the first instance, I onl}' kept my climber from 

 shooting the female by threatening to shoot 

 him. From her perching, fi) lug, and more par- 

 ticularly her chattering, scolding voice, I can 

 pronounce her undeniably Accipiter cooperi, but 

 very large and very handsome." 



Notes on the Birds of the Santa 

 Barbara Islands. 



BY CLARK P. STREATOR. 



Off the coast of Southern California, between 

 32 and 34 degrees north latitude, extend the 

 Santa Barbara Islands. There being no other 

 Islands nearer than two hundred and fifty 

 miles, they attract a large number of Sea 

 Birds to their rough and rocky shores in the 

 breeding season 



In the year of 1886, I succeeded in making 

 three visits to three of the Islands; first, to 

 Santa Barbara; second, to San Miguel; and 

 third, to San Nicholas. The number of species 

 of land birds on San Miguel and San Nicholas 

 is rather limited, there being no trees on these 

 Islands, and everything being very limited on 

 Santa Cruz, the collections of land birds were 

 not very complete, but of the Water Biixls that 

 bi-eed I believe that few escaped my notice. 



On the morning of March 15, in company with 

 two friends, we left .Santa Barbara on a sealing 

 schooner for the west end of Santa Cruz. 



