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1882.] 



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Here a number of large sprino's break out 

 from tlie shore, tins being the only place 

 on the whole lake, so far as I know, where 

 the water is sweet and palatable, that in 

 the lake projjer being always more or 

 less brackish. Dense masses of tules 

 grow up to the shore on each side of this 

 spring, leaving a clear sheet of water run- 

 ning directly into the lake about a hundred 

 yards wide and some four feet deep. The 

 bottom for some two hundred yards out is 

 grivelly, and forms, I presume, the only 

 suitable spawning ground for certain spe- 

 cies of fish found in the waters of this 

 lake. At the time I visited this lake a spe- 

 cies of Catostomiis, a red-sided sucker, 

 from twelve to eighteen inches long, was to 

 be found here in countless numbers. My 

 cami)ing at the head of this spring kept 

 the l)irds away daring the day time, but 

 shortly after sundown tliey commenced to 

 come in. first by tens, then by fifties, so 

 that in less than half an hour a perfect col- 

 umn some one lumdred and fifty yards long 

 and from four to six l)irds deep might be 

 seen swimming about on the open water a 

 h\indred yards or so below where my boat 

 was tied up. Gradually they ventured 

 nearer, and one immense old fellow, evi- 

 dently their leader, swam several times 

 cpiite close to the boat and then back 

 again to the main body, which kept moving 

 uneasily back and forth, apparently not 

 satisfied with the looks of things near the 

 shore. Finally several birds, bolder than 

 the rest, detached themselves from the 

 main body and moved up somewhat closer 

 but still not quite up to the boat. The 

 leader, far more courageous than the rest. 

 swam nearly around it, and after fully sat- 

 isfying himself with his inspection seemed 

 to imjjly to the rest of the birds by his 

 looks to " come along, everything is all 

 right." 



[CONCLFDED NEXT MONTH.] 



Collector's Movements. — "We shall be 

 pleased to place on record the movements 

 of collectors when made known to us. 



Golden Eagle's Eggs. — While in camp 

 at Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory, in 

 1871, one of our party brought in from 

 the mountain in his saddle bag an egg of 

 the Golden Eagle. He found the nest on 

 a ledge of rock on the side of a nioun- 

 tain. It was composed of a mass of sticks, 

 in the center of which was a young eaglet 

 nearly neady to fly, and this egg which he 

 brought to me showed no signs of being 

 incubated, and I was only sorry the other 

 egg had hatched out, for I wanted a full 

 set. The old bird showed no alarm, but 

 flew about over head just out of gvmshot 

 however. The egg is globular in shape, 

 being nearly as large one way a.s the other. 

 Ground color of a dirty white, covered 

 with blotclies of what I supp(ised was dirt, 

 but on my rubbing it with soaj) and water 

 and a brush, it refused to come off. Ming- 

 led with these stains as it were, are shell 

 spots of lilac and purple. So the egg is 

 much d irker than any other eagle's egg I 

 have seen. Shell smooth, but not polished. 

 Size, 2.84x2.34. Collected June. 1871, at 

 au elevation of over eight thousand feet, 

 our camp being nearly that height, and the 

 egg was taken at a much greater height. 



Other sets containing two eggs are in 

 the collectioa of Geo. H. Ready, Santa 

 Cruz, Cal., and J. G. Cooper, of Hay wards, 

 Cal. Also, Capt. Chas. E. Bendire, Fort 

 Walla Walla, W. T., and Edwin Dickinson, 

 Springfield, Mass. 



Mr. Cooper also has an egg of the Cali- 

 fornia Vultiu'e in his collection, which is 

 the only one I know off, tliough he may 

 have added others since I heard from him. 

 — S»i>irtf(tii JLxrland, J^^cirpart. R. I. 

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llosE-BRE.^STED Grosbeak. — As far as my 

 experience goes, this bird lays three eggs- 

 I have occasionally found them with four, 

 and last spring found one with five eggs. 

 Is not this unusual f — (We never found 

 but three eggs until last sju-ing, when we 

 received a set of five from Jerome Trom- 

 bley, Petersburg, Mich. This was the first 

 record of five known to us. — En.) 



