Both Authors narrate the capture of the Yorkshire bird. 
With reference to the Cumberland bird, the occurrence 
of which was published in his list of Cumberland birds by 
Mr. Birkbeck, Mr. Buchanan at the time challenged Mr. 
Birkbeck for his authority and asked for details. Mr. 
Birkbeck gave the information that the bird had been 
seen for some time, but evaded the gun; at last a man 
named Lister having observed that it nightly roosted on 
a certain spot, set his gun in the daytime exactly covering 
the spot; and pulling the trigger at night secured the bird ; 
which he gave to Mr. Harrison, the date being April, 
1853. Mr. Birkbeck expressed his sorrow at the man’s 
SUCCESS. 
In Davie’s check list of N.A. birds the eggs are set 
down from four to six. 1.90 by 1.50 inches. 
As to the number in a clutch, Mr. Singley, writing 
to me from Texas, says that he has taken seven sets of 
eggs, and young; and always, with but one exception, 
found ¢wo 72 a mest; the number given by Mr. Buckley’s 
correspondent. Nor does the size, or shape as given by 
Davie agree with Audubon who says they are spheroidal ; 
and Brewer who says “nearly spheroidal,” 172 by 14%. 
Davie’s list is in course of republication when his errors 
concerning the Swallow-tailed Kite will certainly be 
corrected. 
The eggs are exceedingly beautiful, a pair which I 
possess are nearly spheroidal 1.82 by 1.47, warm white, 
- miagnificiently blotched deep burnt sienna; one very 
generally, the other more zonally towards the smaller end. 
They were taken by Mr. J. A. Singley, at Giddings, 
Lee Co., Texas, April 25th, 1885, the nest composed of 
large sticks, and geeen moss, lined with moss, measured, 
outside diameter, 18 inches; inside diameter, 10 inches ; 
outside depth, 12 inches ; inside depth, 5 inches. It was 
