224 General Notes. [j^ 



No. 6. Near Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, Aug. 20, 1905. Nest in a 

 live, long-leafed pine tree about seventy-five feet from the ground. This 

 tree had been hit by lightning on the north side leaving a dead streak and 

 in this the hole had been made. The hole was about two feet deep and 

 nine inches across inside. The entrance was circular in shape. The bot- 

 tom of the hole contained the usual sawdust like material. The nest 

 contained two big young ones and one fresh egg. Altitude, 7500 feet. 

 Measurements, 1.48 X 1.18. 



No. 7. Near Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, Aug. 22, 1905. One fresh egg 

 and two big young ones. Nest in a dry dead pine about fifty feet from 

 ground ; a few feathers and the usual sawdust like material in bottom 

 of hole. Hole at entrance about six inches across and circular in shape. 

 Depth about the same as others. Altitude, 7000 feet. Measurements, 

 1.60 X 1.21. 



No. 8. Near Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, Aug. 24, 1905. Nest in a 

 rotten pine tree about fifty feet from the ground. Hole about nine inches 

 across inside and two feet deep. Entrance six inches across and circular 

 in shape. A few feathers and the usual sawdust like material in bottom 

 of hole. Parrot flew at me when I was taking the eggs. One egg quite 

 fresh, the other advanced in incubation. Tree about seventy-five feet 

 high. Measurements, 1.51 X 1.21, 1.50 X 1.16. 



No. 9. Near Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, Aug. 25, 1905. Nest in an 

 old rotten pine about fifty feet from ground. Hole about ten inches across 

 inside and about twenty-eight inches deep, with the usual sawdust like 

 deposit at the bottom. Both eggs advanced in incubation. The female 

 was very tame, allowing me to get quite close to her. Measurements, 

 1.54 X 1.23, 1.53 X 1.22. 



No. 10. Near Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, Aug. 28, 1905. Two young 

 ones l taken from nest in high dry pine fifty feet from the ground. Hole 

 eight inches across inside and about two feet deep; entrance about six 

 inches in diameter. The remains of two eggs were found. The female 

 remained in the tree until I got quite close to the nest. Young ones in 

 alcohol. 



Remarks: One to three eggs seems to constitute a set. They are in 

 color a glossy white. The shell is very thick for the size of the egg. 



The average measurement of the twelve eggs taken by Mr. Brown is 

 1.53 X 1.19 inches. — John E. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass. 



Chsetura vauxi : A Correction. — The name now stands in the A. O. 

 U. Check-List, 2d Edition, " Chontura vauxii (Towns.)," and the authority 

 is given as " Cypselus vauxii Towns., Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., VIII, 

 1839, 148." 



Townsend did describe the species in the connection cited, and expected 



1 These young ones are in my collection, also a section of the tree where the nest 

 was. 



