THE O. & O. SEMI-ANNUAL. 23 
The Golden Eagles’ nests are never close together, a mile or 
two of cliff separates one nest from another; but the nests of 
Egyptian Vultures are found close together, one crag containing 
as many as nine nests. For several days my collector visited all 
the cliffs within ten miles of their camp, and then they went fur- 
ther back in the mountains amongst the higher peaks. Here they 
secured several clutches of Golden Eagle and three of the Lem- 
mergeyer or Bearded Vulture. This bird inhabits the highest and 
wildest mountain crags. It rivals the Condor of the Andes in 
size ; its expanded wings measure 12 feet. Its nest is like that of 
the Golden Eagle, and its eggs, two in number, are similar in 
color to those of the Eagle, whitish in ground color; but heavily 
splashed and blotched with shades of brown. The eggs are large, 
averaging 4x3 inches. 
After spending nearly two weeks among the mountain crags, 
my collector and his assistants returned home with their spoils, 
and the specimens were in due time forwarded to me, and an open 
drawer now before me contains the following eggs collected dur- 
ing their expedition: 30 eggs of Golden Eagle, 4 Imperial Eagles, 
45 Egyptian Vultures, 4 Griffon Vultures, 6 Lemmergeyers, beside 
several clutches of Falcons, Hawks and Buzzard. The following 
are the sizes of eggs selected from thirty specimens: Two of the 
largest specimens measure 3.20x2.50 and 3.20x2.38; two of the 
roundest eggs measure 2.95x2.37 and 3.00x2.38 ; two of the smal- 
lest measuring 2.80x2.30 and 2.85x2.20. ; 
Out of this series two clutches contain three eggs each; the 
rest of the nests contained only two eggs, which appears to be 
the regular number. The ground color of the egg is greyish- 
white and the markings vary to a great extent. One clutch is 
richly blotched with lilac at the smaller ends, this color covering 
the entire ends of the eggs. Another clutch is heavily spotted 
and blotched with rusty brown and neutral tint at the thick end 
of the egg. All the eggs are more or less mottled and spotted 
with lilac-grey under shell markings, on the top of which are 
spots and blotches of different shades of brown. One of the 
thirty eggs is white, unspotted like a Bald Eagle’s. The eggs 
of the Golden Eagle average larger than those of the Bald species. 
In California the Golden Eagle usually nests in trees. The 
nests are very bulky, composed of large sticks, the top cushioned 
