THE ORHGON NATURALIST. 



thicker and warmer than Ihe Suiniuer 

 home, but the total absence of the 

 cruel thorns guarding the entrance 

 and the entire nest is at once notice- 

 able. This practice of building a sep- 

 arate nest for Winter use, or reinforc- 

 ing the old one is also carried out by 

 the Caclus Wren. 



Aberts Towhee, though common 

 throughout this valley cannot be 

 termed a desert species, frequenting 

 such places as canai borders, aban- 



NEW 



BIRD 

 ORADO 



65 

 FOR COL- 



The list of Colorado birds is already 

 long but many additions will yet be 

 made before it is complete. One of 

 the latest to be added is the Calliope 

 Humming-bird (Trochilus calliope). 

 On July 25, 1897, o"e was lound dead 

 on the ground in Cheyenne Canon 

 near Colorado Springs, Colo It was 

 an adult male. The .specimen was 



posses- 



city, who now has it in his 

 sion. 



This is a Western Hummer, well 

 known along the Pacific Coast and 

 East to Montana, Utah and Arizona, 

 but never before known from the East- 

 ern slope of the Rocky Mountains. 

 W. W. Cooke. 



doned fields overgrown with weeds brought to Mr. C. E. Aiken of that 

 and brush and the willow fringe of the 

 rivers. Gambel's Quail is another 

 bird which one finds on the desert but 

 generally not far from water. 



The Phainopepla is common where 

 ever the Mistletoe grows, feeding on 

 the seeds. 



The Ash-throated Flycatcher and 

 Sparrow Hawk arej present wherever 

 the giant cactus abounds, and the 

 Red-tailed Hawk, var. calurus, builds 

 its nest among the thorny arms of 

 these cacti, often not more than 10 

 feet from the ground. Several other 

 species de.serve mention but time and 

 space forbid. 



Geo. F. Breninger. 

 Phoenix, Arizona. 



Every person who sub.scribes befoie 

 March i can have his subscription 

 commence with No. i, of the present 

 volume. 



Some biids may be tamed b}' 

 ing them in the winter time. 



feed- 



The oldest book 

 found in Egypt. 



in the world was 



SEALtRS HUNT HERON. 



Two years ago twent3'-four sealing 

 schooners left San Francisco for the 

 hunting grounds; this year the 

 schooner Kate and Ann is the sole 

 representative of the fleet. This has 

 necessitated the hunters looking for 

 other means of livelihood and George 

 Brovpn and George Keiger, who sailed 

 on the Para are the pioneers in this 

 new field. Equipped with six months 

 supplies and a small arsenal in the 

 way of rifles, shotguns and animuni- 

 tien, they are bound for the marshes 

 of Salvador where the}' will hunt the 

 Heron or White Ciaue, for the sake of 

 a certain tuft of feathers valuable as a 

 decoration for the feminine head. 

 These feathers have a market value of 

 from 10 to 30 dollars an ounce and last 



