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species, they were greatly appreciated, although t'..r two weeks 



uii-l thnn 80 common that I could have col- 



1 humlrrds .,t' their eggs, had I wishrd. Many of thr 



nests contain. -<1 young birds, a- r ! is on.- of tin- early 



breeder* . th.-y begin to lay in this distriet al.ut tin- second 



week in May ami eggs ran be found up t<> tin- mi. Mir of .Inn. 



The eggs of tin- bronzed grackle are very lian<: id a 



large series makr a Hnr .lisplay, ami tliry <-atly in 



it. SOOM ha\e a pale irrr.-n ..r l.hir ^ronml colour, with 



_:ular lines, dots, scrawls an<l MoK-hrs .listril.ntr.l .vn- th- 

 surl'arr . .itli'Ts havr an <livr rreen grouml. mttlrl with Krown 

 i't' various sha.l.-s. in soul.- tin- p-uuml is aim al.-.l l,y 



tin- nuni.-r..us markings. Thrir avrra^r si/..' is I.^OX.M), and 

 t'r. >m t'. >nr t' nix eggs wriv t'oun.l in each nest I collected a 

 tin.- srrirs. ami ca rr fully j)ackin^ thrm I pr.KL-rr.led along th.- 



-ilr of the pomls up thr vallry. Rose-bushes and \\\ 

 wrrr in full Mourn, ami s.-nt forth a <l.-lici"Us j>rrfnnir. 



air smelt fresh and sweet, ami the morning air was so 



ini;. it \\ a> a plra>ant change after being caged in a 

 railway train t<>r m-arly a w.-rk. Carolina crakes, American 

 widgeons an.l sh.. v.-ll. -rs w.-rr numn-ous on the ponds, and 



<^an to wnd-r if I should be able to procure a boat to ex- 

 aminr thr nunirpus islands. I Raw many nrst.s of king l>ird.s, 

 ami red-winged starlings in the bushes on the islands. l>ut 

 could not reach thnu. My next Hud was a cat-bird's m-st 

 and tiv. .d a robin's n.-st with rggs. A waxwing tlrw 



from a tiv- rlosr by. but I could not makr out wh.-thrr it 

 thr Hohrmian waxwing. or only tin- crdar lird, as I soon lost 



r of it. I d not think the Bohemian waxwing is found so 

 far south in sumiiirr, although a native sp. >rtsman of Moose- 

 jaw i-<ls inform. -d mr that lie has shot this sjwcirs in 



thr fall and wintn-. wh.-n tliey appear in flocks. Thry breed 

 in Alaska, and may do so furthrr south. Thirty years ago, 

 thr eggs of the Bohemian waxwing were unknown. Th- 

 latr Mr. \Vollry was thr first .\.-r thrm in bipland. in 



Is.'ii. Duplicates from his collection w.-r-- **\>\ at twmty-tivr 

 dollars rach. Eggs of this species are still rare in collrcti-n- 



