throughout, obtained from a pile a rod 

 away. 



A nest of Tyranuus tyraniius (king- 

 bird) is largely composed ol oil-pack- 

 ing which after dropping from the 

 car-wheels had been introduced into 

 the structure. This nest was found 

 ten feet from the railway. Another of 

 the same species has built of soft, 

 downy substances from the cat-'o-nine 

 tails. 



A nest of Empidonax minimus 

 (Least Flycatcher) has a wing of the 

 dragon fly for a lining. Another of 

 the same species is lined with dande- 

 lion seeds, and a third is built largel}' 

 of wool waste. I might cite several 

 other irregularities but will close with 

 that of Dendroica aestiva (yellow 

 warbler) which is lined completely 

 with cotton batten. 



C. B. Hadi^ey. 



Arlington Heights, Mass. 



THE OREGON NATURALIST. 35 



Some Old California Indians. 



The Klickitat Indian made four 

 kinds of baskets. The emergency 

 basket made from one strip of cedar 

 or yew bark, known as the berr}^ 

 bucket; the regular coiled water tight 

 carrying basket; the open work straw 

 and cedar and a bowl shaped, tough 

 sinewy basket made of inner bark of 

 the yew, which is the material used 

 in whipping the coil basket. 



New Zealand has set apart two 

 islands for the preservation of its re- 

 markable wild birds and other ani- 

 mals. On them all hunting and trap- 

 ping are forbidden. 



Moss agate exists in considerable 

 quantities in Colorado and other 

 Western States, 



Victorianno, chief of the Sobobas of 

 San Diego county and Cassiano of the 

 Mission San Antoine, are both one 

 hundred and eight years old. Juan, a 

 captain of the Sobobas, is ninety years 

 old. Old Marie, a leservation Indian 

 at Tajello, San Diego county, is one 

 hundred and thirty years old. The 

 evidence as attested by old Mission 

 records is in favoi of these ages being 

 correct. 



Menialoose Island, near the Dalles 

 of the Columbia has been reserved and 

 set aside as a burial place for the 

 Warm Spring Indians. This island 

 has been used from time immemorial 

 as the buiial place for good Indians. 

 Its surface within a short time was 

 literally strewn with their remains. 

 This action on the part of the govern- 

 ment is the result of white men trying 

 to secure control of the Island, pre- 

 sumably for fishing purposes. 



Twenty dozen Bob-white quails 

 were received at Spokane from Kan- 

 sas during April and were sent out to 

 favored localities where they will be 

 allowed to propagate unmolested until 

 1900. 



Some German scientists have re- 

 cently furnished information in regard 

 to the ages of trees. They assign to 

 the pine tree 500 to 700 years as the 

 maximum, 425 years to the silver fir, 

 275 years to the larch, 245 years to 

 the red beech, 210 to the aspen, 200 to 

 the birch, 175 to the ash, 145 to the 

 elder, and 130 to the elm. 



