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and the earliest Sept. 25. 1885. The farthe.st 

 southern breeding record that I can find is in 

 upper New Jersey (O. & O., Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 

 23). I would like to hear from some of the 

 other southern contributors to the O. & O. who 

 have records, either pro or cons., in regard to 

 its breeding range. Ridgewa}- says : "North- 

 ern United States." 



Unmarked Eggs of the Turkey Vul- 

 ture. 



BY' H. R. TAYLOR, ALAMEDA, CAL. 



In the pretty hills of the southwest part of 

 Santa Clara Co., Cal., I took a set of eggs 

 early ia April which I regarded as unique, and 

 from what I have read of the spcies, I was cor- 

 rect in that belief. 



The set was of the Turkey Vulture {Cuthartcs 

 aura), two eggs, and both of them were im- 

 maculate. All the eggs of this bird I have ever 

 seen were both heavily and richly marked, 

 which makes the peculiarity in this set strik- 

 inglj' odd. I am not prepared at this writing 

 to make comparisons, but these white eggs 

 seem to me much larger than is usual. 

 There is quite a marked difference also in the 

 size of the two specimens. I found the eggs in 

 a natural hollow in the side of an immense rock, 

 about six feet from the ground. The hole ex- 

 tended in about three and one half feet, and its 

 walls were almost perfectly smooth. 



Five Sets of Eggs From One Bird 

 in One Season. 



BY ,1. p. N. 



On May 16, 1S88, a set of six eggs of the Yel- 

 low-shafted Flicker {Colaptes auratus), were 

 found in Chester Co., Penn. Desiring to as- 

 certain some facts in relation to the time oc- 

 cupied bj' this species in laying their eggs, the 

 eggs were all removed. 



On May 23, another set of six eggs were 

 taken from the same hole. 



On May 31, a third set of six were taken, also 

 from the same hole. 



On June 6, a fourth set of six were removed 

 from the same nest. 



On June 18, a fi.fth set of six were found in 

 the same place. These last eggs were incubat- 



ed, while all the others were perfectly fresh. 

 All of the eggs were remarkably large and 

 pointed for this species, and no nest eggs were 

 left to induce the bird to continue laying, as all 

 were removed in each set each time. They 

 showed no diminution in size, as the last set 

 were as large as the first. 



Notes on the Nesting of the Rough- 

 ^^^inged Sparrow. 



BY WALTER HOXIE. 



I have continued my observations upon the 

 pair of Rough-winged Swallows mentioned in 

 a previous note. 



After the first set of three eggs were taken, 

 they laid another set also of three, which I in- 

 tended they should hatch. But their nest was 

 discovered by a lad who lives near me, and 

 knowing my liking for such things, he brought 

 them to me to-day, nest and all. 



I knew it was useless to return them, as he 

 said he got them the day before and could not 

 find me till to-day, so I have blown them, 

 though it was hard work, the young birds being 

 nearly ready to hatch. 



Mr. Alfred Cuthbert has taken a number of 

 sets tills year of five and six eggs, but "my 

 pair" seem to be less in entei'prising, and only 

 get as far as threes. 



The Florida Red-Shouldered Hawk 

 in Texas. 



BY J. P. N. 



The Florida Red-shouldered Hawk {Bnteo 

 lineatus alleni), hiis hitherto been supposed to 

 be confined to Florida, but as will be shown 

 below, it has been found in Texas also. 



Mr. J. A. Singley, of Giddings, Lee County, 

 Texas, has collected a large number of sets of 

 eggs of this hawk in that county, and he was 

 under the impression that they belonged to the 

 Red-bellied Hawk (Buteo Uiieatns eh-yaiis), and 

 sent them out under that name. Mr. William 

 Brewster saw several sets of these eggs, and 

 learning that the}' wei-e collected in Texas, he 

 doubted the correctness of the labeling. He 

 stated that Buten Uneatvs elegants had never 

 been found in Texas. 



The writer then asked Mr. Singley to procure 

 a <? and ? skin of the birds he called Bnteo 

 lineatus elegans. Mr. Singley recently sent me 



