The OoLOGiST. 



VOL. XVIII. NO. 5. 



ALBION, N. Y., MAY, 1901. 



Whole No. 176 



The Oologist. 



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ENTERED AT P. O., ALBION, N. Y. AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. 



The Western Red tailed Hawk. 



[Buteo borealis calurus.) 



To Raptorial birds, especially such 

 species as partake of the nature of the 

 Vultures and other carrion eaters in 



their habits, Southern California of- 

 fers, next to the countries of the Torrid 

 zone, most ideal conditions, both cli- 

 matic and geographical, for the rearing 

 of their young. The rains of the win- 

 ter equinox have usually abated by the 

 last week of March, so that Hawks, 

 Crows, and others of the larger birds 

 which occupy open nests can by that 

 time or earlier have their last year's 

 homes renovated or if these be destroy- 

 ed or occupied by some hardier Owl, 

 be well started on the construction of 



EGGS or THE WESTSBN RED-TAILED HAWK. 



(From a set in the author's collection.) 



new ones. Occasionally, as was the 

 case this season (1901) heavier rains 

 came on just about the time these birds 

 had begun to deposit their eggs and 

 their nidification was correspondingly 

 retarded. 



Orange county, where my home and 

 principal collecting grounds have been 



