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two of Hooded Warbler, two of Yellow 

 Throated Vireo, two of Blue Gray 

 Gnatcatcher, two of Field Sparrow, 

 four of Chipping Sparrow, four of 

 Brown Thrasher, one of Red-eyed 

 Vireo, one of Ruby-throated Humming- 

 bird, one Dove, four of Wood Thrush. 



I will also make note of the species 

 that are rapidly growing to be scarce 

 nere which was awful plentiful here 

 15 years back: White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, very scarce now; Brown-headed 

 Nuthatch, Kingbird, Sparrow Hawk, 

 Tufted Titmouse, Mockingbird, Cedar 

 Bird, Bewick Wren, Pileated Wood- 

 pecker, very scarce; Pine Woods Spar- 

 row; most all other species are hold- 

 ing their own very well. 



Well, Mr. Barnes, as this is my first 

 letter of this nature I have ever writ- 

 ten, please excuse mistakes and if 

 you think this letter worth publish- 

 ing in THE OOLOGIST, you may pub- 

 lish same. Probably some of the read- 

 ers of THE OOLOGIST would like to 

 know a little about the birds that are 

 found in Milton County, Georgia. 



D. V. Hembree. 

 Roswell, Ga. 



First Sets Taken This Season, 1314. 

 This month of April being the be- 

 ginning of the egg season, Mr. Trice 

 and I started on a walk, west of here 

 to explore a creek that run into the 

 Trinity River called Howard's Branch. 

 We first passed through the Forest 

 Park two miles west, which has a 

 large collection of birds and animals, 

 after studying the birds, we went on 

 west to the Howard's Branch. We 

 found three hawks' nests but had no 

 luck. Also several nests of young- 

 crows and eggs. As we do not col- 

 lect them, we passed them by. On 

 up the branch was a large thicket. 

 Finding a hawk's nest half built I 

 told Trice to hide and find out what 

 kind of a hawk was building it, and 



I went on hunting in the thicket, 

 which is about one-half mile straignt 

 through. While I was crawling along, 

 looking in every place a vulture could 

 lay, I was disturbed by a Turkey Vul- 

 ture flopping through the brush. Going 

 to where she flew out, I found a set of 

 egafc in under a large fallen tree, 

 Then I went back to see Trice. He 

 found it to be a Red-tailed Hawk 

 working on the nest, so we left this 

 tree going on up the creek. Coming 

 to a large tree, I spied a snug little 

 hollow that had owl feathers hanging 

 to the sides, so up I go and before I 

 got half way up the tree a Texas 

 Screech Owl flew out. Then I was 

 encouraged. There I collected a set 

 of four fresh Screech Owl's. We 

 found no more that day and learned 

 that the Vultures, Hawks and Owls 

 were not laying in full blast in that 

 neck of the woods. Arriving home we 

 decided to get in our E. M. F. 30 and 

 hit it for a Vulture ground, 25 miles 

 northwest of Ft. Worth. We arrived 

 and made camp, set out hooks on the 

 river and took a little walk up a creek 

 to Owl Springs. We found a set of 

 five Barn Owls in a large hole near 

 the spring. Then going up on the hill 

 from the spring we found three 

 Kreider's Hawks in a tree on the hill 

 side. Going back to camp, we had a 

 nice fish on the lines. Retiring for 

 the night in our "Dog Tent," we were 

 amused by the Whip-poor-wills, Bar- 

 red and Screech Owls and the howling 

 of the Coyotes. We left camp next 

 morning finding plenty of vulture 

 grounds but no eggs. While coming 

 down a hill we flushed a little bird 

 which appeared to be brown. We 

 found four white eggs about the size of 

 a Cat Bird's and looked for the bird 

 but could not find her, so we took 

 the eggs anyhow. The nest was built 

 on the ground out of grass and lined 

 with horsehair. The bird was fast in 



