July, 1892.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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ging my hands deep in its rotten material and 

 startling dozens of Sparrows that liad built 

 their nests in the interstices between the sticks. 

 On I kept, slowly but surely, until I could just 

 see over the edge of the nest and take a look 

 at my prizes, two in number and just the 

 right age. 



Sustaining my whole weight by the muscles 

 of the back and thrusting one hand deep into 

 the decaying sticks, I reached in and took my 

 first bird. He gazed at me with an expression 

 of mingled curiosity and astonishment which I 

 would have liked to have studied had not the 

 muscles of my back been fast giving away 

 under the severe strain imposed upon them by 

 my perilous jiosition. So with a gentle swing 

 I tossed him out and flapping his little pinions 

 he lit on mother earth for the first time with 

 an excellent grace. 



I was so much interested in the young birds 

 that I totally forgot the old ones and just as I 

 had tossed out the second bird the parents left 

 a neighboring tree in the rear, from which 

 they had been silently watching the pilfering 

 of their nest, and, coming at me with a rush, 

 one caught me on the back of the neck while 

 the other hovered above me for a second and, 

 dropping swiftly down, clinched his sharp 

 talons in my beloved physiognomy. 



Human nature couldn't stand such an attack 

 as this and so with a final and a futile slap at 

 Pandion I let go my hold and fell, and tliis 

 saved my countenance from utter demolition, 

 for although fearfully lacerated it could be 

 patciied up and restored to its former beauty 

 once more. 



The very branches which I had thought 



a nuisance were the means of saving my life 



for when, nearly two hours later, I regained 



consciousness I was stretched across the 



"tangled mass" about fifteen feet below the 



nest and hardly able to move. But I got down 



somehow or other and at last reached terra 



firraa and began to look about for my birds. 



I found them and started on my homeward 



journey and the amusing experiences (to 



others) that I went through before I got there 



would fill a volume. 



M. C. Conwell. 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Some Spring Arrivals at Pueblo 

 County, Colorado. 



Mexican Bluebird, S. mexicana, March 1. 

 Western Meadow Lark, S. M. neglecta, 

 March 3. 



Killdeer Plover, u^. vocifera, March 10. 



Sparrow Hawk, F. sparverius, March 12. 



Say's Phoebe, S. say a, March 17. 



Intermediate Sparrow, Z. intermedia, 

 March 18. 



Mouining Dove, Z. macroura, March i.t. 



Turkey Vulture, C. aura, March 28 



Western Savannah Sparrow, ^. S. alaiuVnnift, 

 April 1. 



Western Glass Finch, P. G. conjinis, 

 April 4. 



Rock Wren, S. obsoletus, April 7. 



Spurred Towhee, P. M. megalonyx, April 16. 



Audubon's Warbler, D. audnboni, April 21. 



Lark Sparrow, C. grammaciis, April 2?>. 



White-throated Swift, M. inelanoleucus, 

 April 24. 



'Mockinghird, M. poly g lottos, April 25. 



Western Wood Pewee, C. richardsonii, 

 April 25. 



Bullock's Oriole, I. bullocki, April 27. 



Cowbird, M. ater, April 28. 



Long-billed Curlew, N. longirostris, May 2. 



Cassin's Tyrant Flycatcher, T. vociferans, 

 May 3. 



Broad tailed Hummingbird, T. platycercus, 

 May 5. 



Green-tailed Towhee, P. cJilorurus, May 6. 



IJlne-gray Gnatcatcher, P. coerulea, May 6. 



Audubon's Hermit Thrush, T. A. aiiduboni. 

 May 6. 



Violet-green Swallow, T. thalassina, May 7. 



Cliff Swallow, P. liinifrons, May 8. 



Yellow Warbler, D. cestiva, May 8. 



Spotted Sandpiper, A. macularia. May 8. 



Arkansas Tyrant Flycatcher, T. verticaiis, 

 May 8. 



*Lark Bunting, C. nielanocorys, May 9. 



Y'ellow-headed Blackbird, X. xanthoceph- 

 nlus, May 10. 



Barn Swallow. C. erythrogaster, May 11. 



Kingbird, T. tyrannus, May 12. 



Louisiana Tanager, P. liidoviciana, May 13. 



Lazuli Finch, P. ameena, May 13. 



Orange-crowned Warbler, H. celata, May 16. 



Ash-throated Flycatcher, M. cinerascens. 

 May 30. 



Olive-sided Flycatcher, C. borealis, June 5. 



*It is strange and singular, too, that this the 

 most abundant of our summer birds should 

 this year be conspicuous by its absence. A 

 large number passed through during the 

 migration though scarcely a pair have remained 

 to breed. 



Willoghby P. Lowe. 



Pueblo, Col. 



