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parture was accomplished very simply. At about 11 :15 a. m. 

 he climbed to the edge of the nest and attempted to jump to 

 a twig" a short distance away. He fell short and tumbled to 

 the ground without injury. At this time the parents ap- 

 peared and coaxed him off into the thick underbrush in the 

 ravine. The next morning both of the others were gone from 

 the nest. In nests B and C the young all died before they 

 were old enough to leave. 

 Marshalltozvn, loiva. 



BIRD NOTES FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 



BY J. L. SLOANAKER 



It was with no little delight at the thought of new friends 

 to be made in a new bird-world, that the writer prepared to 

 leave his home in central Iowa during the intensely cold 

 weather of middle January, 1912, and seek the warm sun and 

 dry cactus covered sands of southern Arizona. Tucson, the 

 metropolis of Arizona, and situated only 70 miles from the 

 Mexican line, was our goal ; and the period from January 35 

 to April 25 — the Arizona springtime — our stay. 



Bird lovers who are wont to travel occasionally, especially 

 those who come from the East and go into the far West or 

 South, are indeed treated to a wealth of strange sights and new 

 forms in the scientific world, pleasures which are not vouch- 

 safed those who must remain in their home bird-world, but 

 which, fortunately, can be partially enjoyed through the re- 

 corded experience of others. Stories concerning the great 

 South-west had always intensely interested us, and we de- 

 parted with a resolution not to permit other duties to rob us 

 of the time necessary to experience as much as possible. And 

 although there is more recorded information from Tucson 

 than from any other part of the South-west we present our 

 notes herewith, hoping that we may add something of in- 

 terest. 



By the 20th of January we were off and away, eagerly 



