rays of the western sun glinted on theeggs, 
the whole presented a very pretty picture. 
I walked back to camp and got the camera, 
but when I returned the sun’s position had 
changed just enough to put the nest in dark 
shade, and I didn’t get a good photo ot it. 
While I was taking the eggs the female 
hopped around in the trees on the other 
side of the gulch,chirping excitedly. After 
a short time the male’ joined her, but 
though I concealed myself and waited 
nearly half an hour, neither offered to go 
near the nest. 
This nest, like the first,was fronted with 
a thin coat of dead and skeletonized leaves. 
It was composed chiefly of fine, light- 
colored grass and lined with fine shreds of 
the same anda few white hairs of some 
rodent. ‘The outside and inside measure- 
ments are 3 and 2 inches respectively. The 
eggs are similar to those of the first set, but 
the markings are finer and confined more 
closely to the larger ends. They measure 
-59 X .48, .56 x .50, .56 x .48, .59 x .48 
and .56 x .48. 
On June 19 I again found myself at our 
old camp near Fyffe. While walking on 
the hill a short distance above the location 
of the first nest, I found a nest containing 
five young a few days old. ‘This nest was 
much better concealed than either of the 
others. It was situated in a thick patch of 
“mountain misery,’’ well embedded among 
the roots of this little shrub, and shaded by 
its thick leaves—the last, but the neatest 
and cosiest nest of the Calaveras Warbler 
which I found. 
WILFRED H. OsGoop. 
San Jose, Cal. 
(Read before the Cooper Ornithological 
Club, August, 1896.) 
oS 
Cooper Ornithological Club, 
HE Southern Division met May 30 at 
the residence of F. S. Daggett in 
Pasadena. Mr. F. Stephens of Witch 
Creek was appointed to fill the vacant 
position on the migration committee. ‘Two 
letters from Mr. W. B. Judson and party 
in Arizona were read. The June and July 
meetiugs were postponed. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
July meeting was heldat R. S. Wheeler’s 
in Alameda, with a large attendance. Mr. 
Taylor was appointed. on the program 
committee to fill the unexpired term of 
Mr. Koch. A portion of the evening was 
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given to short talks by those present, 
touching on a number of interesting takes 
of the season, including Western Evening 
Grosbeak, Calaverasand Hermit Warblers, 
and others. The Evening Grosbeak set 
and nest were exhibited. Mr. Cohen 
read some extracts from letters from Mr. 
H. B. Kaeding, who has been on a trip 
through the Sierra Nevada mountains. A 
set of five eggs of Thurber’s Junco was 
taken from a nest built in a small cedar 
eight feet trom the ground, the identity 
being positive. A set of four eggs and 
nest together with the female of Water 
Ouzel was taken. IJua week the male had 
secured a mate and started a new nest on 
the former site—a beam of a bridge. By 
actual observation he built the whole nest, 
except the lining, in twelve hours. Two 
pairs of Harlequin Duck were located, and 
a pair hatched out a brood, no eggs being 
secured. 
AUGUST MEETING. 
The Northern Division met at the resi- 
dence of C. Barlow, in San Jose, August 1. 
W. H. Osgood was added to the committee 
which is to compile a list of the birds of 
Santa Clara county. The following were 
appointed as a committee to prepare 
a similar list of Alameda county birds: 
Walter E. Bryant (Chairman), W. O. 
Emerson, H. R. Taylor and D. A. Cohen. 
The receipt of a document entitled ‘‘Four 
Common Birds of the Farm and Garden’’ 
was reported. Mr. Osgood read a paper on 
“Nesting of the Calaveras Warbler,’’ which 
appears in full elsewhere, and exhibited 
two sets of five eggs each together with 
the nests. 
NESTING OF THE DUCK HAWK IN 
CALIFORNIA, 
Mr. R. H. Beck presented a paper 
describing the taking of a set of four eggs 
of the Duck Hawk, being in substance as 
follows: ‘‘While on a tramp through the 
hills on April of this year a Duck Hawk 
was seen flying about a rocky cliff, occa- 
sionally screaming and alighting on various 
points of the cliff. On the 18th the cliff 
was visited and a number of rocks were 
thrown over the top, but the bird left the 
nest without being seen and was noticed 
flying about a short distance away, where 
after circling about and screaming for a 
short time she retired from view. On the 
20th the cliff was revisited and the Duck 
Hawk left in response to a stick thrown 
