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competent observers is good, indeed, 

 for tliis country. 



Jolmson Neff, 

 Marionville, Mo. 



Golden Eagle and Horned Owl 

 On January, 1907, while out huntint; 

 Coyotes along Lac La Monne Creek 

 my favorite winter sport, I noticed a 

 Great Horned Owl perched on a stub 

 eating a rabbit, about 75 yards 

 from where 1 was standing. I raised 

 my 30-30 and was about to collect the 

 Owl when a Golden Eagle appeared 

 on the scene, dropping on to the stub 

 and appropriating the rabbit which 

 the Owl had very quickly abandoned 

 without any argument. So I collected 

 the Eagle instead. 



The number of Eagles in the coun- 

 try that winter both Golden and Bald 

 headed, the Golden Eagle predominat- 

 ing, would hardly be believed unless 

 actually witnessed. Every little mus- 

 key had one or two and some four or 

 five of the great bird perched on stubs 

 or soaring over head, all living on the 

 rabbits which were present in thous- 

 ands. Eagles and Ravens were a great 

 nuisance to the trappers that winter, 

 destroying many fine skins. Other 

 birds of prey, Owls and Goshawk and 

 Ravens were also numerous, also lynx, 

 coyotes and foxes, all living on the un- 

 fortunate rabbits which increase to al- 

 most inconceivable numbers about 

 every seven years. 



The following winter you could walk 

 many miles without crossing a rabbit 

 track and the birds and animals of 

 prey had departed. 



A. D. Henderson, 

 Belvidere, Alta. 



the top of a Maple taree. As these 

 birds do not commonly arrive from 

 the South before March 15, and then 

 in groups of 9 or 10 birds, I think this 

 an uncommon occurrence for this sec- 

 tion. E. A. Wheeler. 

 East Randolph, N. Y. 



An Early Arrival 



On January 29, 1920, I saw the first 

 Purple Grackle of the season. It was 

 a bitter cold morning several degrees 

 below zero and the bird was sitting in 



Mixed Sets 



In looking over the October 1919 is- 

 sue of Oologist I note a list of curious 

 eggs by W. A. Strong, San Jose, Calif., 

 and I thought I would see what I had 

 on record for 1919, which follows: 



295 1-5, Gambel's Partridge, nest 6 

 feet up in Mesquite tree, appeared to 

 be old nest of Crissal's Thrasher, three 

 of the eggs had been drilled by a 

 woodpecker. Date May 5, 1919. 



498a 1-2, Sonoran Red-wing, May 22, 

 1919. One Dwarf Cowbird egg in this 

 set. 



498a 1-3, Sonoran Red-wing, June 1. 

 1919. One Dwarf Cowbird egg in this 

 set. 



498a 1-3, Sonoran Red-wing, June 6, 

 1919. One Dwarf Cowbird egg in this 

 set. 



592 1-4, Abert's Towhee, May 14, 

 1919. Two Dwarf Cowbird eggs in this 

 set. 



592 1-4, Abert's Towhee, May 21, 

 1919. Three Dwarf Cowbird eggs in 

 this set. 



592 1-2, Abert's Towhee, May 29, 

 1919. Three Dwarf Cowbird eggs in 

 this set. 



On June 4, 1919 1 took two sets of 

 three Abert's Towhee, each containing 

 one Dwarf Cowbird egg, and in June 

 I took one set of three and one set of 

 two, also Abert's Towhee, each con- 

 taming one pgg of Dwarf Cowbird. 



On June 28 I took a set of three 

 and on June 30 I took a set of two 

 Abert's Towhee each containing one 

 egg of Dwarf Cowbird. 



EdgaT M. LeBaron, 



Mesa, Arizona. 



