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THE OOLOQiST 



Plate Showing Arrangement of Raptore Sets in the Collection of J. H. Bowles, 



Tacoma, Washington 



DUCK HAWK EGGS 



Being considerably interested in 

 Duck Hawlts, about the first item I 

 turned to in the new Exchange L.lsi 

 was No. 356a. I rather expected the 

 ra'ting of the eggs of this bird would 

 be higher, as I supposed that they 

 were very hard to obtain and quitt> 

 scarce all over the country. I have 

 never happened to hear of any large 

 series of Duck Hawks' eggs in collec- 

 tions other than the National Museum, 

 where there are eighty-nine specimens 

 I'm told. Golden Eagles' eggs are 

 rated much higher and are doubtless 

 much more desirable, but a number of 

 sizeable series of these eggs have been 

 written about and picxured in The Oolo- 

 gist and some other papers. The eggs 

 of Falco peregrinus anatum are to my 

 eye fully as beautiful as those of the 

 Golden Eagle and a series of sets of the 

 former ought to be in many ways as 

 satisfactory as the latter. Who has a 

 series of Duck Hawks' eggs? How 



many sets in the series? What are 



the stories of their taking? 



I am very much interested in the 

 nesting and eggs of Duck Hawks and 

 hope to hear through these columns 

 or by way of letters more about them. 

 Will anyone help? 



Karl A. Pember, 

 Woodstock, Vermont. 

 We have 15 sets.— R. M. B. 



PINON JAY 



During the winter of 1919-20 a large 

 flock of Pinon Jays wintered at Rupert, 

 Idaho. 



They came flocking in late in Aug- 

 ust and remained with us until late 

 the following spring. 



There were easily a thousand or 

 two and where they found enough food 

 was a mystery, because they were very 

 seldom seen outside the town limits. 

 Every backyard was visited some time 

 during the day and around the feed 

 barns they congregated by the hun- 

 dreds. 



This is the first time they have ever 

 visited us which goes to show that the 

 least expected sometimes happens. 



