Second Series. 



Vol. II. No. 4. 



Fourth Quarter. 1906 



A MAGAZINE OF NORTH AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY 



Published Quarterly at Floral Park, N. Y. | Price. $1.00 Per Year. 30 Cents Per Copy 



Published December -20th John Lewis i'hilds, Editor 



Plate IV. Nest and Eggs of the Blue-throated Hummingbird 



{Coeligena clemenciae) 



THIS nest with eggs of the Blue-throated Hummingbird [Coligena clem- 

 enciae) were taken by the late George F. Breniuger, of Phoenix, Ari- 

 zona, in the Huachuca Mountains, May 29, 1897. The female was taken on 

 the nest and the skin preserved, making identity positive. Regarding the 

 nest the data reads : " Nest composed of oak catkins, green moss and spi- 

 ders' webs, built in a clump of Maidenhair Ferns which grew in the side of 

 a wall of rock in a cut worn by water." 



This plate was prepared over a year ago before Mr. Breninger's death, 

 and he was to have furnished an article on the breeding of this rare Hum- 

 mingbird, he having discovered its nest at three different times. 



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Eggs of the Carolina Paroquet 



( Conurus carolinensis) 



WE have now apparently an authentic set of the Carolina Paroquet taken 

 wild. The set consists of three eggs which were taken on April 2, 

 1896, by Dr. H. E. Pendry. They were found in a cavity of a sycamore tree 

 forty feet up on the outskirts of the Great Swamp near the head of the 

 Caloosahatchee River and west of Lake Okechobee, De Soto County, Florida. 

 Dr. Pendry was not sure of the identity of these eggs, as he saw no Paro- 

 quets at the nest, but they were in the swamp and he had frequently seen 

 and taken young birds in the same locality. These eggs were called to our 

 attention after the issue of the Warbler containing the plate of eggs of the 

 Carolina Paroquet laid in captivity. (Vol. I, No. 4.) The eggs were sent 

 to us for identification, and there seems to be not the slightest doubt but that 

 they are genuine. They measure as follows: 1.35 x 1.06 -1.26 x 1.06 - 1.25 x 1.05. 



Mr. Joseph Grinnell is in no way responsible for the error in the scien- 

 tific name of the Gray Flycatcher which appeared in his article on the breed- 

 ing of that bird in our issue Vol. II, No. 2. 



