THE MUSEUM. 



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ground in hackberry tree in small 

 motte. Nest contained a freshly kill- 

 ed Mexican Gopher upon which the 

 skin had not been broken. 



March 25, 1896. Three eggs, in- 

 cubation started. Bird on nest. Com- 

 posed of sticks and lined with moss, a 

 few feathers, green leaves and cedar 

 bark. Situated in hackberry tree, 

 thirty feet from ground. 



March 25, 1886. Two fresh eggs. 

 Bird on nest. Composed of sticks 

 and lined with moss, weeds and a few 

 feathers. Situated fourteen feet from 

 ground in hackberry tree in motte. 



March 28, 1896. Two eggs, incu- 

 bation advanced one-fourth. Bird on 

 nest. Composed of sticks with lining 

 of moss, feathers and green leaves. 

 Same nest from which I obtained a 

 set of two eggs on March 5. 



March 28, 1896. Two eggs, incu- 

 bation advanced one-third. Bird on 

 nest. Very large nest composed of 

 sticks, lined with grass, moss and 

 green leaves. Situated near extrem- 

 ity of projecting limb of black jack 

 tree near arroya Medio. 



March 28, 1896. Three fresh eggs. 



•Composed of sticks and weeds witu 



lining of moss, grass and feather^. 



Situated fifteen feet from the ground 



in hackberry tree in motte. 



March 30, 1896. Incomplete set of 

 one fresh egg. Bird on nest. Situ- 

 ated in top of small lone bush on prai- 

 rie, ten feet from the ground. Com- 

 posed of sticks lined with green leaves. 

 April 4, 1896. Two eggs, incuba- 

 tion commenced. Bird seen. Nest 

 composed of sticks with lining of 

 feathers, moss and grass. Situated 

 fifteen feet from the ground in hack- 

 berry tree. 



April 20, 1896. Two eggs, in which 

 incubation was far advanced. Bird 

 on nest. Composed of sticks with lin- 

 ing of moss, green leaves and feathers. 

 Situated thirty-five feet from ground 

 in live oak in deep wood. 



James J. Carroll, 



Belton, Texas. 



Reminiscences of a Trip to 

 Schoharie. 



rob't m. hartley. 



(II.) 



It is impossible to record in this pa- 

 per all the details of our trip. We 

 coursed up one side of the valley and 

 down the other, stopping where fancy 

 smiled. We hammered the various 

 rocks for geological specimens searched 

 the ground in many fields of standing 

 corn and hop yards for the relics of 

 the red men, and visited nearly every 

 collector and geologist (who were quite 

 numerous) we heard about. Thus 

 was the trip made breezy, attractive 

 and entertaining. 



One evening as we ascended the 

 western hills from that paradise of 

 multitudinous strata, we reached the 

 residence of a geologist acquaintance, 

 who was a character withal — as geolo- 

 gists and scientists are sometimes wont 

 to be. His collection was large, rep- 

 resenting much hard labor and re- 

 search, and was from all of the groups 

 so accessable to him. Its condition, 

 tiowever, was lamentable — covered 

 with dust, dirt and cobwebs. If prop- 

 erly cleaned, labeled and arranged it 

 would make a valuable adjunct to some 

 college museum. When about leav- 

 ing, we enquire if he can direct us how 

 and where to find a certain distant 

 relative of us both, at whose house we 

 calculated to spend the night. The 

 incredulous and doubtful looks of our 

 geological friend, who failed to locate 

 the said relative, can only be appre- 

 ciated by the two travelers. Dark- 

 ness seemed to be hovering about his 

 brain, for he kept scratc hing his head, 

 (trying to place him I suppose) and 

 saying in a low tone of voice, "Wil- 

 liam H. Y , William H, Y ." 



Turning to us he said, "^'on fellows 

 must be mistaken, there's no man by 

 that name around here." We tell 

 him "No, we are sure about the 

 name." All at once light and recog- 

 nition came to him, for he blurted out 

 in a loud voice, "Oh, I know 'tclio you 



