IV* Gail' |! 



I >ut 61 of thirty '^'-, sel.-cted from som.- tift 



mci that ha\- passed through my hands th.-M- bust ti\ 



I'. >ur clutches can U- called richly mark. !. 

 tfl ami Notches are more or less obscur.- and apparently 

 l..\v tlii- .surface, showing various tints of purplish givy. drab, 

 rown. l.y tli-- overlaying of tin- whitish calcare- 

 ous matter these four clutch, -s may be d.-M-ribed as fol- 

 lows : 



Clutch L Two eggs, size 2.90x2.30 am 1 ._'. Around 



colour en -a my white, frrckl.-.l all .iv.-r with |>al.- l.rowu aii'l 

 Irali; t\varls tin- ->mall i-n-ls of th>- '-^s ar.- h.-avy <laul 

 'lr-j> j.urjilr .irn-.v, aul on the top of thos.- an- l.lotcln-s of chest- 

 nut ami si.-nnu In-own. This hanU]iir clutch was tak.-n in 

 the iiMuntains of Asia Minor, from a nest in a hi^'h clitf, on 

 April 10th, IssT. 

 < 'hitch II. Threec- 9.00x2.28 ^4 ami '1 \ 



iml colour clear white, with h.-avy spots and blotch, 

 various shades of grey ami dark l.rown; the Around colour is 

 so clean and free of fn-ckles. that the heavy l.loteh.-s standout 

 v.-ry bold. This set was also taken in the mountains of Asia 

 Mim.r. April loth 1887, 



< Mutch III. T\v< t-e/irs, si/e .S.12x'2s an-1 !i7x2.:, ground 

 colour pinky cream, mottled all over with purple ^n-y and 

 pale In-own, which almost eoin-.-als the ground colour. MMiis 

 clutch was tak.-n near Sar;o-nt. California. April Itith, 1- 

 froin a n.-st in a live oak tree, .'{"> fert from the Around. 



(Mutch IV. Two eg^ 2.14 and 2 ound 



ir ^r.-yish white, the e-_ r.-ak.-d hori/ontally from 



the :id to the middle with purple grey, on the top of 



this are 1 Motehes of sienna l.rown, on,- of the egg 



very hamKom,-. MMu-y were collected in Santa Clara 



Cala., Mai.-l, i>-_>nd, 1MO. n. >t in a white oak tree 70 ft 

 high. 



H.-himl the A U -ion hotel at Winnipeg; the proprietor baa a 

 small menag'-ri.-. It contain- i.-ns ..f black 



beai-s, prairi.- and timb.-r wolv.-s, and different kinds of 

 all obtained within this district. 



