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704. (kileuscvptes varoliiK-iisis (Linn.). — Catbird. Seen but once. 



705. Hafporhynchus mfiix (Linn.). — Brown Thrush. A few seen. 



715. tSalir'nictes ohnolctus (Say).- — ]lock Wren. Heard at the rims of the 

 canyons all aroimd and one shot. 



7:21. Trof/lodjjtcs acdon aztecus (Baird). — AVestern House Wren. Comnion, 

 and one shot. 



727ff. Sitta caroHnriif<is aculcnta (Cass.). — S]ender-l)illed Nuthatch. One 

 shot May 2L 



728. 8itta canadoisis Linn. — Bed-bellied Nuthatch. One seen May 28. 



735a. Pariis atricapiUus septentrional is (Harris). — Long-tailed Chickadee. 

 A nest found May 30 which had one young- bird and one egg-. 



754. Myadestes townsendii (And.). — Townsend's Solitaire. Two nests were 

 found. The first on May 25, was found near the bottoni of a dry 

 canyon, placed on the ground inside of an old burned tree, and 

 contained four partly incubated eggs. The second, May 27, was 

 also found in a dry canyon, but this time in a jioclvet in the side 

 of a (\yj creek bed aboiit four feet from the bottom. This con- 

 tained no eg'gs, the set having- been collected by a bullsnake which 

 was killed near there. Examination of the stomach showed four 

 badly inciibated and broken eggs. 



758ff. HylocicJiJa nstulata swainsoni (Caban.). — Olive-backed Thrush. Quite 

 common and several shot. 



761. Morula miijraloria (Linn.). — Bobin. Nesting- and a set of eggs 

 secured. 



766. Sialia sialis (Linn.). — Bluebird. A pair shot May 25. 



768. Sialia arctica Swains. — Mountain Bluebird. Seen nearly e\er3' day 

 on the sides of canyons near the toji. 



In addition a sandj)iper and a thrush were seen which were not 

 specifically identified. 



The nesting of some of the birds seems to be especially' interesting. 

 The Krider's Hawk nested on a cliff; the Harris's Woodpecker laid 

 only four and three eggs, while five is, I believe, reg-arded as a set. The 

 Chickadee had but one egg and one young-, and in addition was in a 

 tree with a Sparrow Hawk. The Lewis's Woodpecker and a Sparrow 

 Hawk had nests in one tree, and a Flicker was even fl.ushed from a 

 hole in the same tree, where it probably intended nesting. The Chip- 

 ping- Sparrow had only three eggs. The Bobin and the Hawks seemed 

 to be the only ones that had fiill sets, with the exception of the 

 Solitaire noted above. 



A COLLECTING TRIP IN CHEBBY COUNTY 



J. S. HUNTER, LINCOLN 



A party consisting of Professor Bruner, J. C. Crawford, Jr.. Merritt 

 Cary and myself sx^ent the latter part of May, 1900, in Sioux County. 

 Instead of coming directly home from there I stopjjed off at Valentine, 

 Cherry County, and visited another very interesting- section of our state. 



