July 1890.] 



AKD OOLOGIST. 



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nessee, Yellow, Myrtle and an occasional Audu- 

 bon's were about all, but Mourning Doves and 

 Brewer's Grackle were very abundant and 

 breeding. A second Green-tailed Towhee led 

 me a long chase l)ut was finally secured as 

 were a nice pair of Arctic Towhees later on. 



Black-headed Grosbeaks were quite plenti- 

 ful so I selected a nice plumaged male for a 

 specimen; most every brush pile had its Be- 

 wick's Wren, if not one of the Towhee sure. A 

 great many common eastern birds were ob- 

 served: Red-headed Woodpeckers, Catbirds, 

 Brown Thrush, Olive-backed Thrush, etc. On 

 the way back I caught another Green-tailed 

 Towhee just as it was diving into a bunch of 

 willow, and also saw another Lewis' Wood- 

 pecker. 



A few days before this a brother "Taxy," 

 a graduate of Wards, and myself made an at- 

 temjit to climb Pike's Peak late in the after- 

 noon. We had to give this up as a bad job, 

 although we passed the "timber line" and 

 were among the snow. That was the worst 

 hill I ever tackled. I had my .22 cal. Colt 

 ride along, and we secured quite a few desir- 

 able birds: some Long-crested Jays, Magpies, 

 a pair of Water Ouzels, and Red-shafted 

 Flickers, and for my friend some of the little 

 dark-colored chipmunks, quite different from 

 the eastern form. We also saw some Clark's 

 Nutcrackers and Piiion Jays and three stately 

 Golden Eagles, as well as several troups of 

 Plain Tits and Mountain Chickadee and small 

 flocks of Red-backed Junco. All these new 

 birds were of course very interesting to us and 

 we probably spent as much time watching 

 them as we did in coaxing each other up hill. 



Geo. G. CaniweU. 

 Colorado Springs, Col. 



A Series of Eggs of Harris' Hawk. 



The eggs of Harris' Hawk {Parahuteo uni- 

 cinctus harrini) were formerly quite rare, but 

 lately a large number of sets have been taken 

 by collectors. They do not exhibit much 

 variation. 



Set L May 10, 1880. Corpus Christi, Texas. 

 Nest in live oak. Three eggs, fresh. White, 

 with a yellowish tinge, unmarked: 2.19x1.61; 

 2.i;3xl.6:^; 2.14x1.58. 



Set II. April 2.>, 188G. Cameron County, 

 Texas. Nest in small tree. Made of sticks 

 and rubbish, lined with a little soft material. 

 Three eggs, fresh. White, with a yellowish 

 tinge. Two of the eggs are unmarked, but 

 the third has a few faint spots of cinnamon 



near the smaller end: 2.00x1.65; 2.06x1.65; 

 2.1:3x1.60, 



Set III. May 3, 1886. Cameron Connty, 

 Texas. Nest of sticks, roots and other rub- 

 bish, in small tree. Three eggs, fresh. White, 

 with a yellowish tinge. Two of the eggs are 

 faintly marked with lavender, but the third is 

 distinctly spotted at the larger end with cin- 

 namon: 2.14x1.65; 1.94x1.61; 1.09x1. .57. 



Set IV. May 2, 1889. Camargo, Mexico. 

 Nest of small sticks, grass, etc., in whitewood 

 tree, in crotch, twelve feet from the ground. 

 Three eggs, incubation slight. White, with a 

 yellowish tinge, very faintly spotted with 

 pearl gray. The markings aie so light that 

 they are not perceptible at a short distance 

 from the eggs: 2.16x1.60; 2.11x1.69; 

 2.11x1.66. 



Set V. May 10, 1880. Cameron County, 

 Texas. Nest of sticks, grass, etc., and placed 

 in live oak tree twenty feet up. Three eggs, 

 incubation begun. AVhite, two of them very 

 faintly spotted witli pearl gray, but the third 

 has a number of small spots of cinnamon at 

 the smaller end: 2.14x1.69; 2.11x1.58; 

 2.1:^x1.65. 



Set VI. May 25, 1886. Cameron County, 

 Texas. Nest in oak ti-eo. Made of sticks, 

 with a lining of grass. Two eggs, fresh. 

 White, unmarked: 2.08 x 1.65; 2.19 x 1.71. 



Set VII. March 15, 1889, Camargo, Mex- 

 ico. Nest of coarse twigs, lined with dry 

 grass, etc. In mesquite tree, fifteen feet from 

 the ground. Three eggs, fresh. White, with 

 a yellowish tinge, very faintly spotted with 

 pearl gray. One of the eggs has a few spots 

 of cinnamon near the larger end: 2.04x1.60; 

 2.12x1.05; 2.17x1.05. 



Sets I, II, III and VI are described by me 

 in Davie's Nests and Eggs, 1889, page 172. 



J. P. N. 



Nest and Eggs of the Ruby-Crowned 

 Kinglet. 



On the second of June last year, I wrote 

 concerning the taking of the nest of Golden- 

 crested Kinglet with nine eggs, also having 

 discovered nest of Ruby-crowned Kinglet but 

 as explained at that time, the latter, after 

 having completed the nest, deserted it. I re- 

 marked in the end of letter that I expected to 

 take one yet, and I now have pleasure in ad- 

 vising that the fact has been accomplished, 

 and the nest and eggs are before me while 

 writing. 



