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making further search to see if two 
broods are reared in a season. 
I also have letters from a few Oolo- 
gists having between six and seven 
hundred species, who have none of 
this kind. I am sorry I obtained no 
eges to describe, but as I described 
them in April, will let it go at that. 
FRED TRUESDALE. 
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Turkey Buzzard (Cathartes aura.) 
This set was taken by me in Nueces 
County, Texas, May 10, 1898. The 
eggs were placed on the bare ground 
‘at the foot of a large mesquite tree, 
which was surrounded by a dense 
thicket of thorny bushes and pear cac- 
tus. The locality was an infrequented 
side hill not far distant from Penitos 
Creek and about one and _ one-half 
miles from the Nueces river; a hot, 
dry spot, but one which is often se- 
lected by this species in South-west 
Texas. The creek at this point is a 
mere arroyo or dry creek bed and the 
hill slopes towards the south-west. 
The eggs were fresh and the runt egg, 
as is usually the case in a perfect 
runt, was infertile, containing no yolk. 
In such a location as this, the bird 
usually sits close and will not leave 
the eggs unless the intruder makes a 
near approach, and it is often neces- 
sary to beat up the bushes well to 
flush her. It was especially true in 
this case, for there were no trails or 
paths leading near enough to alarm 
the sitting bird and the growth of 
thorny bushes was so dense that it 
Was necessary to crawl under them to 
reach the spot. ; 
D. B. BURROWS. 
eile an SLT 
Runt Set of Catharista urubu. 
This set was collected on February 
28th, 1909, in Florida and was on the 
ground beside a dead palmetto tree 
that had been blown over. The set 
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measures 1.75x1.30 and 2.95x1.95. 
The smaller egg was laid two days be- 
fore the larger one, The largest egg 
of this set has a pale bluish ground 
color spotted with brown and lavender, 
and the spots are mostly confined to 
the larger end. The small egg is of a™ 
darker bluish ground color with de- 
cided lavender markings that appear 
to be under the shell. The egg is not 
spotted with large spots like the larger 
ege but is blotched over with two 
shades of brown and dark lavender, 
and the entire surface of this egg is 
speckled with fine dots of dark brown 
which do not show up in the picture. 
The only other egg I ever saw just 
like this was one of a set that I sent 
to Ed. J. Court and another egg of a 
set taken from the same nest as the 
one sent him and which I now have in 
my collection. These two normal 
sized eggs and the runt are the only 
three marked in this manner that I 
have ever seen. This runt egg has 
many small elevations or warts most- 
ly around one end that appears to be 
the smaller end, altho the egg is prac- 
tically equal ended and it is hard to 
see much difference. This runt set 
was found within a few rods of where 
a runt set was laid the year before 
and possibly was laid by the same 
bird. I did not see this other runt set 
but was told of it by the man who 
first directed me to the set I collected. 
The second set collected from the 
same nest this year was normal. 
O. HE. BAYNARD. 
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NEW YORK NOTES, 
In Grand Island in the Niagara Riv- 
er, a fine specimen of the White-faced 
Glossy Ibis was taken this Spring. The 
only record of one taken in the State 
of New York dates back to 1844. 
We also took a fine set of five eggs 
of the Spotted Sandpiper a few years 
ago, and this season were lucky enough 
to find a beautiful set of seven spotted 
Sandpiper eggs. 
OTTAMAR REINECKE, 
