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that would not recompense for the ex- 

 tra expense and trouble. Moreover 



h'n health was uncertain and his money 

 getting low, so he decided to return to 

 New York by sea, which lie did and ar- 

 rived there in March, 1809. 



He says himself that his sou 

 trip was the most arduous and fatigu- 

 ing he ever undertook. Yet as far as 

 subscribers were concerned this trip was 

 more profitable than the northern, for 

 now he had succeeded in gaining two 

 hundred and fifty in all, nearly two 

 hundred of which wire obtained in the 

 south, but he said they were obtained 

 at a price worth more than live times 

 their amount. The greatest benefit de- 

 rived from this journey consisted in the 

 great mass of information obtained 

 co n cerning the birds which winter in 

 the South, and some that never visit 

 the Northern States. 



Notes on the Birds of Henry Co., Iowa. 



Thinking possibly that a few of my 

 noles for 1893 might interest the readers 

 of the ' Oologist" so here they go. I 

 did not get out very early in the spring- 

 so I misse 1 the earliest nesters. 



April, S — T found a nest of the Red- 

 tailed Hawk [Buleo borealis) placed in a 

 large sugar maple about 50 ft. from- the 

 ground. It was quite a bulky affair, 

 for the birds have nested there for three 

 consecutive seasons,and eachyear added 

 more material to the nest. .On mount- 

 ing to the nest I found it to contain 

 three eggs of a whitish color, marked 

 with spots of reddish-brown, one 

 of them marked but faintly with spots. 

 The eggs measure as follows; 2.06x1.69, 

 2.06x1.81, 2.12x1.75. This is the most 

 plentiful hawk that w T e have nesting in 

 this locality. 



May, 2 — I found a Red-shouldered 

 Hawk's (Buteo lineatus) nest, placed 

 about the same height from the ground 



as the R"d- tail's, it contained three 

 eggs, that measure; 2.06x1 (ill, 2.09x1.72, 

 2.12x1.69. The eggs were- so nearly the 

 size and color of the Red-tail's, as to 

 defy identification by the eggs. This 

 hawk is next to the Red-tail in abund- 

 ance in this community. 



May. 5— Flushed a Hulled Grouse 

 from her nest which contained twelve 

 egxn This bird is becomming quite 

 rare in this county. 



May, 11— I collected a set of four 

 eggs of the Cooper's Hawk, [Accipiter 

 coqperi) they \wv(> of a light blue 

 and but faintly spotted with brown. 

 The nest was palced in a black oak 25ft. 

 from terra firma, 1 think it was an old 

 crow's nest. The eggs measure; 2.06x 

 1.62, 1.88x1.56, 2.05x1.62, 1.97x1.60. 

 This little falcon is the most common 

 of our smaller hawks that we have 

 nesiiug in this county. He makes a 

 great deal of racket in the nesting sea- 

 son. 



May, 17-1 found a nest of the Tow- 

 hee, (Pipilo erylhrophthalmus) which 

 contained three of its own egg-i and 

 live of the Cowbird's.. The in si 

 placed under the bank of a small ripp- 

 ling brook not more than 4 ft. from the 

 water's edge. This bird is very plenti- 

 ful in this county, and I often find the 

 Cowbird's vgg in its nest. 



May, 25—1 secured a set of live 

 Worm-eating Warbler's [IJ, . 

 ve7-mivorus)eggs, they were of a. creamy 

 white with spots and specks of red and 

 brown. The nest was placed in dense- 

 woods and composed of leaves lined 

 with hair-like m.ss and horse hair. 

 The eggs measure; .71x.55. .72x.57, .71x 

 .58, .76x.55, .77x.56. 



This species is quite rare in this coun- 

 ty, this being the only nest I ever 

 found. 



May, 29— I secured a set of four Blue- 

 gray Gnatcatcher's (Poliopt.la ccen 

 eggs from a nest placed in an iron- 

 wood about 15 ft. from the ground. 

 The eggs were of a bluish-white color 



