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have I found it necessary to flush the 

 bird off the nest by hand. As a gen- 

 eral rule I have found it, the bird will 

 sneak away from the nest at the least 

 sign of danger, but will always return 

 to circle over its nest. But upon the 

 occasion of which I speak, Mr. Ramon 

 Graham and myself were making a 

 tour of the ledges and had arrived at 

 a little ravine that ran up the side of 

 the hill, with a water falls over the 

 crest of the hill. Being an extremely 

 hot day, we decided to rest a while in 

 the shade of the rocks. We had been 

 sitting there for at least ten minutes, 

 when Mr. Graham remarked, "What's 

 that?" Turning I heard the same 

 sound that he had, coming from under 

 the rock that we had been sitting on. 

 We both listened and both agreed that 

 it was young Vultures, for the sound 

 wa's the identical hissing sound of the 

 young Vulture. But upon investiga- 

 tion found quite a different scene. Mrs. 

 Vulture was sitting calmly at home 

 and refused to leave. We pried her 

 up far enough to see that she has two 

 eggs under her. At the sight of the 

 eggs we knew for sure that it was her 

 move. Mr. Graham caught hold of 

 her wing and pulled her out from un- 

 der the rock and tossed her to the 

 breeze, but the top of the first rock 

 was as far as she had any idea of go- 

 ing. So we left her sitting there while 

 we collected the eggs. Mr. Graham 

 has the set in his collection today. 

 The first and only pure while set oi 

 Vultures I have ever collected. 



This trip can be made in an after- 

 noon and in the right month will net 

 all the sets that any real ornithologist 

 and not egg hog, can use. It is also a 

 good location for Horned and Barred 

 Owls, and I have several'- good sets 

 that I highly prize that came from 

 there. 



I have been out of the egg game for 

 several years fighting the Huns but I 



expect to make the same rounds this 

 year and haVe hope of the same suc- 

 cess of previous years. 



The accompaning photo shows a set 

 of Turkey Vulture in bed of oak 

 leaves under shelf of rock. Photo by 

 Geo. B. Maxon. 



The photo referred to appeared in 

 The Oologist, Vol. XXXVII, Pg. 144.— 

 R. M. B. 



It is sad but true that we are entire- 

 ly out of copy and it looks like the 

 January issue of The Oologist would 

 have to be delayed, awaiting the ar- 

 rival of more copy unless it is given a 

 boost by some of our friends and sub- 

 scribers right away. 



MAYNARD SERIES — To stimulate 

 interest I offer of this series, Eggs at 

 less tlian one-fourth list; 29 eggs for 

 One Dollar; for Two Dollars, 27 addi- 

 tional eggs of the series. The Fifth and 

 Tenth Dollar orders will receive, each, 

 additional eggs of Fifty Cents cash 

 value. For a Three Dollar order I will 

 add an egg, each, of Vulture, Hummer, 

 T^^hite-necked Raven and Canada 

 Goose. A list of the Student Series 

 Maynard, with every Dollar order. Bach 

 Dollar order contains 2 eggs of 50-cent 

 value. P. B. Peabody, Blue Rapids, 

 Kansas. 



FOR SALE — Mrs. Jane Knox, of 

 Jackson, Minnesota, has for sale Nests 

 and Eggs of N. A. Birds (Davis), Birds 

 of Minnesota (Hatch), Review of N. A. 

 Birds in Smithsonian Institute (Baird), 

 Bird Migration (Cook), Birds of the 

 Northwest (Coues), Ornithology (Cours), 

 Text Book of Zoology (Parker & Has- 

 well). 



I have just had placed with me a 

 wonderful collection of 400 Indian Ar- 

 row Heads and Tomahawks. These 

 were collected aniong the hills of Ken- 

 tucky, and I have been asked to dis- 

 pose of them in either small or large 

 lots and for most any fair offer. If 

 you are interested and wish to make 

 any proposition involving oological 

 specimens, bird photographs, or other 

 Natural History specimens I shall be 

 glad to hear from you, G. A. Abbott, 

 Lancaster, Ky, 



