HE NIDOLOG 
| Fink of ott, the Bird, 
A Magazine Devoted to a Popular Knowledge of Animated Nature 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
Woe. Ul No. 7. NEW YORK, MARCH, 1896. $1.00 PER YEAR 
Invading the Home of the Elf Owl. 
makes its home in the giant cacti of Arizona. It extends its range into 
Mexico, and a specimen has been secured as far north as the Mojave 
Desert in California. Mr. Herbert Brown has taken many of their eggs near 
Tucson, but they are still rare in collections, In a deserted Woodpecker’s hole 
in a giant cactus they lay their three (and more rarely four or five) pygmy eggs. 
Mr. Brown carries a jointed ladder when seeking their eggs. The type specimen 
of these birds, taken by Dr. Cooper, remained unique for eleven years, when 
Major Bendire found them in Arizona. The eggs were first taken by Mr. F. 
Stephens. 
(he Elf Owl, the smallest of the Owl species inhabiting the United States, 
