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THE OOLOGIST. 



May 29, 1892 Nest in maple tree 15 ft. 

 up and 12 ft. from body of tree. 2 

 fresh eggs, .86x.59, .84x.58. 



43. White-eyed Vireo. 631. 



Seta. Walke, N. C, June 22, 1891. 

 Nest of bits of green moss, rotten wood 

 and fine strips of bark, lined with fine 

 grass, 8 ft. up suspended beiow limb of 

 a bush. 3 fresh eggs, .71x.55, -.71x.55, 

 .67x,54. 



44. Worm-eating Warbler. 639. 

 Set a. Walke, N. C, May 4, 1891. 



Nest loosely made of leaves and pine 

 straw, lined with hairlike moss, placed 

 in slight depression of the ground, 

 sheltered by a fallen limb covered with 

 leaves, on gently sloping hillside about 

 6 ft. from small run of water. 5 fresh 

 eggs, .73x55. .75x.54, .73x.57, .72x.54, 

 .72x.55, 



45. Yellow-throated Warbler. 663. 

 Seta. Raleigh, N. C, May 5, 1892. 



Nest on horizontal limb of pine, 35 ft. 

 high. 4 fresh eggs, .67x 52, .68x.51, 

 .68x.52, .68x.51. 



Set b. Raleigh, N. C, May 4, 1891. 

 Nest of grape vine bark, leaf stems, 

 weed leaves, cocoons and other fibres, 

 lined with cattail fluff and some hairs, 

 43 ft. tip on horizontal limb of pine. 

 4 fresh eggs, .68x.48, .70x.51, .6Sx 49, 

 .68x.50. 



46. Pine Warbler. 671. 



Set a. Walke, N. C, April 29, 1891. 

 Nest of weed stems, pine stems, feath- 

 ers, spider webs and other fibres, lined 

 inside with hair and feathers, placed 

 on horizontal limb of pine about 50 ft. 

 from ground and 5 ft. from body of 

 tree. 4 e2fgs, small, soft embyros, .71x 

 .54, .73x.54T .73x.53, .72x.53. 



Set b. Raleigh, N. C, April 28, 1891. 

 Nest 31 ft. high on horizontal pine 

 limb. 4 eggs, small, soft embyros, .71x 

 53, .73X.53 1 , .73x. 53, .72x.53. 



Setc. Walke, N. C, May 4, 1891. 

 Nest of grapevine bark, spider webs 

 and other fibres, lined with hair and 

 feathers, 35 ft. up on horizontal limb of 

 pine. 4 fresh eggs. .70x.54, .70x.54, .73 

 x.56, .73x.54. 



Set d. Raleigh, N. C, April 28, 1890. 

 Nest 39 ft. up near end of horizontal 

 limb of pine. 4 eggs, small, soft em- 

 byros, .72x.54, .71x.54, .72x.53, .73x.n4. 



Set e. Raleigh, N. C, May 7. 1890. 

 Nest 64 ft. high in pine. 4 eggs, one 

 broken, medium embyros, .63x.54, .66x 

 .54, .65x.54. 



Wanted — Advice. 



Having arrived a few weeks ago in 

 Arizona with the prospects of l'emain- 

 ing during the breeding season, I have 

 very naturally interested myself in the 

 birds, and also in the various old nests, 

 which are to be found in the brush and 

 trees, with a view to getting ideys. 

 which would be of use when nesting 

 season begins. 



Now we are all aware that a number 

 of desirable species in this locality, nest 

 in the giant cactus; such as the Elf Owl, 

 Gila Woodpecker, and Gilded Flicker; 

 and finding all these species more or 

 less abundant here, I made it the object 

 of one of my first excursions to exam- 

 ine these cacti. 



Well I have seen them in their native 

 wilds, and also plenty of Woodpecker 

 holes of all ages. But right here comes 

 the pinch, and the point where I want 

 advice. How in the name of common 

 sense does any one ever reach those- 

 holesV Probably you all know what a 

 giant cactus is like; if not imagine a 

 young asparagus stalk magnified abont 

 fifty times, and covered from top to 

 bottom as thick as they can comfor- 

 tably grow with exceedingly sharp, stiff 

 and tough spines, each about an inch 

 long, and you have a fair representa- 

 tion of a giant cactus. 



I have had some of the experience 

 which falls to the lot of an oologist; have 

 climbed tall trees, and slim trees, and 

 slippery trees, and rotten trees; sus- 

 pended myself over cliffs, and from the 

 ends of drooping branches at varying 

 distances from the ground; waded in 

 mud and water, and dug in the ground, 

 but I never faced just such a problem 

 as this. 



Evidently climbers are of no use, 

 even should they hold in the soft sub- 

 stance, I think the thorns would pre- 

 clude their use. Even a rope does not 

 seem to help the matter, as the crowns, 

 of the shafts ofter no hold. True some. 



