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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Yol. 14-No. 9 



all like these. They measure: .74x.54; .74 x 

 .54; .78X.56; .73x.55. 



Set XII. April 12, 1889. Wake County, 

 North Carolina. Nest in pine tree, fifty feet 

 from ground, towards end of limb. Bird on 

 nest. Four eggs, fresh. Bluish white, speckled 

 and spotted with lilac-gray and chestnut. The 

 markings are more or less all over the eggs, 

 but much heavier near the larger ends, where 

 they form indistinct wreaths: .72x.5:i; .74 x 

 .52 ; .75 X .54 ; .72 x .')S. 



Set XIII. April 12, 1880. Wake County, 

 North Carolina. Nest in pine tree, forty feet 

 from ground, and two-thirds of the distance 

 from the end of the limb from tlie trunk of 

 the tree. Bird on nest. Four eggs, fresh. 

 Grayish-white, speckled and spotted with 

 russet and olive-gray. The markings are 

 nearly all near the large ends, where they 

 form wreaths : . 70 x . 5 1 ; . 73 x . 5 1 ; . 7 1 x . 52 ; 

 .«)8 x .5:3. 



Set XIV. April 18, 1889. Wake County, 

 North Carolina. Nest in pine tree, sixty feet 

 from ground, and near the end of a limb, 

 twelve feet from the trunk. Bird on nest. 

 Four eggs, incubation one-third. Bluish-white, 

 spotted with lilac-gray and chestnut. The 

 markings form wreaths near the larger ends : 

 .71 X. 5(3; .70x.55; .71x..55; .71x.55. 



Set XV. April 18, 1889. Wake County, 

 North Carolina. Nest in pine tree, fifty-five 

 feet from ground, saddled on limb. Bird seen 

 building. Four eggs, fresh. Light bluish- 

 white, speckled with lilac-gray and chestnut 

 near the larger ends, where the markings 

 form indistinct wreaths: .66x.52; .65x..5:3; 

 .6Sx.5:3; .68x..54. 



Set XVI. April 29, 1889. Wake County, 

 North Carolina. Nest in pine tree, forty feet 

 from ground, and twelve feet from end of 

 limb. Bird on nest. Four eggs, small em- 

 bryos. Bluish-white, spotted with lilac-gray 

 and chestnut. The markings are nearly all 

 near the larger ends, where they form heavy 

 wreaths: .70x..55; ,72x.55; .72x..55; .71 x ..55. 



Set XVII. May 2, 1889. Wake County, 

 North Carolina. Nest in pine tr«e, forty-two 

 feet from ground, and five feet from trunk. 

 Bird on nest. Four eggs, incubation com- 

 menced. Bluish-white, speckled and spotted 

 witli lilac-gray and chestnut. On three of the 

 eggs the markings form wreaths around the 

 larger ends, leaving the remainder of the sur- 

 face comparatively unmarked, but the fourth 

 egg is speckled all over, and presents a differ- 

 ent appearance from any others in the series: 

 .70x..5:l; .70x..5:^; .68x.51; .(i7x.49. 



Set XVIII. May 2, 1889. Wake County, 

 North Carolina. Nest in pine tree, twenty 

 feet from ground and twelve feet from trunk. 

 Bird on nest. Four eggs, incubation com- 

 menced. Grayish- white, speckled and spotted' 

 with lilac-gray and chestnut. The markings 

 form wreaths near the larger ends of the eggs : 

 .74x.5;B; .70x.5;^; .73x.53; .71x..54. 



Set XIX. May 2, 1889. Wake County, 

 North Carolina. Nest in pine ti'ee, seventy 

 feet from ground, and four feet from trunk. 

 Bird on nest. Four eggs, small embryos. 

 Light bluish-white, speckled and spottetl with 

 lilac-gray and chestnut. The markings form 

 wreaths close to the larger ends, much liigher 

 up than on any others in tlie series: .72x..55; 

 .66 X .54 ; .71 x .55 ; .71 x .56. J. P. N. 



Nesting of the Barred Owl at Ral- 

 eigh, N.C. 



On April 21, 1887, we took our first "set" of 

 Barred Owl (Strix nebnlom) consisting of a 

 good-sized young one and no eggs. We also 

 killed the "papa" of said young one but Mrs. 

 B. O. escaped us. This young one we kept 

 for over two months, but on June 2Sth we con- 

 cluded to kill him, and on going to do so we 

 found him dead on the fioor. Perhaps four- 

 teen large house rats we had given him to 

 feast on was the cause. Anyhow he died in a 

 mysterious way, and was made into a skin, but 

 not before he had become a terror to us all. 



Although only the male bird was killed, yet 

 the stob in which "George" was raised lias 

 never been used since. Next year on April 9th, 

 we took a set of two addled eggs from a hollow 

 in the top of an old stob twenty feet high and 

 killed the female bird. This year, though not 

 much expecting anything on account of tlie 

 death of the female, we got a set of two nearly 

 fresh eggs on March 18th from the same stob, 

 but did not molest the old bird. My brother 

 who went up to the nest said there were only 

 the two eggs there. On April 6th, however, he 

 again went to the stob and fiushed the owl. 

 On going up to the nest he found one egg 

 firmly imbedded in the chips and dirt at the 

 bottom of the hollow. He left the egg for 

 tliree days but no more were laid so he took it 

 on April 9th. The egg on blowing proved to 

 be addled but not to any extent, and it lias 

 always been a question witli us as to whether 

 it might have belonged to the first set of two 

 or not. C. S. Brimley. 



Raleigh, N. C. 



