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(?)of pullingMr.andMrs.Cal.ScreechOwl 

 off a set of four nearly incubated eggs, 

 and then tried for the Flicker's hole, 

 which turned out to be empty, as is us- 

 ually the case after a hard climb. 



We must hurry on so we come to a 

 large tree where I usually put up for 

 dinner as there is a small chance for 

 clean water at this point. In this tree 

 Mr. Wilbur and I took a set of Ash- 

 throated Flycatcher's in '91, the nest be- 

 ing in a hollow snag twelve inches deep 

 and six inches in diameter, inside, and 

 was composed of fur and hair. I have 

 taken three eggs of the Sparrow Hawk 

 from this hollow, one of which was pure 

 white. Near this tree are two others 

 from which sets of Sparrow Hawk and 

 Red-shafted Flicker may be obtained, 

 that is, if you get there before the other 

 fellow. Just across from this, among 

 the brush, I took a nest which contained 

 four Road-runner eggs and three of the 

 Valley Partridge. The Partridge eggs 

 were fresh but two of the Road-runner's 

 were incubated. The nest was placed 

 about three feet from the ground and 

 evidently built by a Road-runner. 

 In coming home I usually come by an- 

 other canon which runs parallel with 

 this one. At the head of this smaller 

 canon I took three nests of the Califor- 

 nia Bush Tit in one day, two of which 

 contained six and the other five eggs. 



The nests, which-'were composed of 

 bits of leaves and grass thickly lined 

 with feathers, were neatly tucked away 

 among the upper branches of sunflower 

 bushes. 



Passing on down the canon we come 

 to a large bed of poison-oak and other 

 wild bushes. I was one time on my 

 knees under this thicket looking for a 

 Towhee's nest when on raising I nearly 

 upset a nest of the Least Vireo. This, 

 as j^ou may imagine, was a pleasant sur- 

 prise as they are by no means common- 

 ly met with in this locality. The nest 

 contained three fresh eggs and was su- 

 spended from the horizontal crotch of 



a water-mootic bush. It was a neat 

 structure of bits of leaves and dry split 

 grass, lined with a few feathers. The 

 eggs were clear white, when blown,with 

 quite numerous spots of cinnamon most- 

 ly near the larger end and measured; 

 .68X.49, .70X.49, .66x.48 inches. 



Still farther down the canon there 

 grows a box-elder bush with a large, 

 bulky nest in the top, from which I fish- 

 ed six eggs of the Road-runner last year. 



We are now near the place where we 

 left the horse, so, if he has not gone 

 home without us, we are very glad to 

 have his company. 



H. M. Hall, 

 Rivei'side, Cal. 



JULY CONTEST. 



Fifty-eight Judges. 



Prize Winners and credits received 

 by each were as follows: 



1. The Hummingbird in South Caro- 

 lina. 226 



2. Birds Found Breeding in Bertie Co., 

 N. C. 167 



3. AQuawkTown. 152 



4. A Few Notes on the Red-tailed 

 Hawk. 141 



5. Sitta Canadensis in Montana. 55 

 Three other articles received from 28 



to 54 credits each. 



Ten Judges named the prize winning 

 articles — none, however their exact or- 

 der. 



The winners were as follows: 



1. No. 6. — Tom Fluornoy, Clinton, 

 la., 1,2,4,3,5. 



2. No. 22— A. W. Baylis, Cedar Rap- 

 ids, la., 1,2,4,3,5. 



8. No. 26— Clifton D.Howe, NcAvfane, 

 Vt., 1,3 2,4,5. 



4. No. 9— Will de la Barre, Minnea- 

 polis, Minn., 3,1,3,4,5. 



5. No, 12-N. G. VanDeWater, Gretna. 

 N. y., 2,1,3,4,5. 



All prizes were mailed on Aug. 24th. 



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) ) is the publication number of 

 this OoLOGiST, and it was 

 mailed to subscribers on Sep. 



