102 General Notes. [jan. 



Wise, April 13 one seen; and on April 15 two were taken. The above 

 records would indicate that this species is a not uncommon spring migrant. 

 — A. W. Schorger, Madison, Wise. 



The Evening Grosbeak at Portland, Maine. — I found seven Even- 

 ing Grosbeaks {Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina) , representing both 

 sexes, in the Western Cemetery, Portland, early in the afternoon of April 

 16, 1914. It was a wintry day, and snow was falling at the time, with 

 several inches of a fresh deposit on the ground. The birds were feeding on 

 sumac fruit. They were easily approached but moved about with a pecu- 

 liar abrupt activity, calling frequently and loudly. 



Though the Evening Grosbeak is no longer a stranger in Maine, its 

 occurrences have not been so frequent that another is without interest; 

 and the middle of April appears to be a rather late date for it. — Nathan 

 Clifford Brown, Portland, Maine. 



Two Species of Cliff Swallows Nesting in Kerr County, Texas. — 



The Mexican form of Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva pallida), described 

 by Nelson, was found nesting by my collector near Japonica in Kerr 

 County, Texas, during the month of June, 1914. He collected a series of 

 birds and eleven sets of eggs. There was rather a large colony nesting in 

 a cave. The entrance of this cave was like a mine shaft. The ceiling was 

 covered with holes where the water had once eroded into the limestone 

 rock. The Swallows nest in these holes, plastering a little mud like a 

 balcony to hold the eggs in. A forty foot ladder was used to get up to 

 them. The cave was poorly lighted and very damp. It was 50 feet from 

 the floor of the cave to the ground, where the entrance was. The opening 

 was about 8 ft. in diameter. About 10 feet down, the cave widened out 

 into a spacious chamber. The only light was from the shaft-like entrance. 

 To enter the birds pitched head first and diverged into the semi-dark cham- 

 ber and began a detour of circles to check the impetus of their plunge. 



The eggs are marked all over with fine markings of light to dark brown 

 with a few spots of lilac. 



I give the measurements of the eleven sets of eggs, in hundredths of an 

 inch. 



1. 77 X 57, 77 X 56, 81 X 58, 75 X 56 



2. 81 X 55, 78 X 58, 77 X 55, 77 X 55 



3. 83 X 55, 81 X 54, 73 X 54, 73 X 55, 78 X 54 



4. 76 X 56, 81 X 54, 84 X 57, 75 X 55 



5. 80 X 53, 77 X 54, 85 X 56, 78 X 55 



6. 76 X 54, 80 X 55, 81 X 57, 81 X 54 , 



7. 78 X 56, 76 X 57, 79 X 57, 77 X 56 



8. 76 X 56, 76 X 54, 79 X 57 



9. 82 X 56, 81 X 53, 85 X 54, 83 X 54 



10. 77 X 57, 77 X 54, 83 X 56, 76 X 54 



11. 68 X 54, 73 X 55, 80 X 55. 

 Averages 43 eggs 77 X 55 



