THE OOLOGIST 



is taking cliances enough when he 

 walks the American side of the Rio 

 Grande with a uniform on so I de- 

 cided I had all the little old common 

 Eagle eggs I wanted (although my 

 friends know that I haven't a single 

 set). 



Bouquillas boasts of the only two 

 cotton wood trees for hundreds of 

 miles, with a spring right at the bot- 

 tom of them which is a watering hole 

 and shade for the birds for miles 

 around, 1 found a nest of the Vermil- 

 lion Flycatcher, Texas Cardinal, de- 

 serted hawk's nest and several other 

 nests that I didn't examine in the 

 cotton woods. The Verdin was a new 

 friend of mine on arriving in Bouquil- 

 las and a good many of its nests were 

 observed hut no eggs, the Texas Night 

 Hawk were quite thick but were not 

 found to be nesting. 



On July 17th we left Bouquillas for 

 Terlingua, Tex., which is up the river 

 about 65 or 75 miles air line over the 

 mountain but our motor trucks had to 

 go some 200 miles to get there, and on 

 the trip I observed a good many birds 

 that I was not acquainted with, on ar- 

 riving there we saw a town of adobe 

 huts and rocks, tin cans, sticks, cactus 

 or just anything that was close to 

 them when they were building their 

 home. The town is about 14 miles from 

 the river and right in there the desert 

 and mountains, there were not many 

 smaller birds but quits a few larger 

 ones. The Chisos mountains are about 

 15 miles from there and I could see 

 most any evening one or two pairs of 

 Eagle coming or going to them and 

 was told by one of the civilian scoutes 

 that they nested there, and could 

 show me their nest the first chance 

 T got to make a patrol over that way, 

 but I never got the chance for here I 

 am at La Jitas again on the banks of 

 the Rio Grande, but several hundred 

 niiles from the last place I struck it, 



here is found about the same birds ex- 

 cept there are a few more of the Ver- 

 din and Mexican Ground Doves. 



If this note finds a place in your 

 magazine I will try again for some 

 more notes as I think we will move 

 again pretty soon. 



G. E. Maxan. 

 1st Sergeant Co. A 4th Texas 



Infantry, La Jitas, Texas. 



Inca Dove — Scardafella inca, 

 A.O.U. No. 321 



This dove which is one of our small- 

 est and most interesting species, 

 seems to have now made Waco and 

 its vicinity part of its range. Each 

 year they have become more and more 

 numerous until now they are a com- 

 mon sight. One meets with two or 

 three on most every hike to the coun- 

 try. I also have noticed that they are 

 as numerous in the outskirts of town 

 as they are in the country. I really 

 have observed more inside of the city 

 limits of Waco, than any where else. 

 I often watch them feed in my garden 

 and I am some six or seven blocks 

 from the limits, in a thickly settled 

 part of the city. 



If you will refer to your records you 

 will note that this Dove has not al- 

 ways been a resident of this part of 

 the state. The following paragraph 

 was taken from John K. Streckers 

 "Birds of Texas," published in 1912. 

 As you may see it gives the former 

 range limit and its initial appearance 

 in this county. 



Inca Dove. Scardafella inca. 

 Southern portion of the state. 

 Some years ago Attwater record- 

 ed a single specimen from San 

 Antonio, but in late years this 

 Dove is a regular visitor there. 

 In the winter of 1904 large num- 

 bers of these birds made their ap- 

 pearance at Waco, remaining un- 

 til the following April. In Novem- 



