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are scarce, one finds from one to ten 

 nests in each. The Oven Bird is the 

 most common and its nesi ean be 

 found in great numbers in all the cac- 

 tus. 



I found my first Hawk nest that was 

 nearly low enough down for me and 

 my friend (Mr. C. R. McLendon,, who 

 with a slight boost he stood on my 

 shoulders and observed a pretty set 

 of three eggs but as we were not sure 

 of the identification of the bird, we 

 did not collect. We observed several 

 sets of Ravens before we knew what 

 they were, thinking they were Crows, 

 until one day I came near enough to 

 one on the nest to tell that they were 

 not. I collected several sets and made 

 two shipments to Mr. H. W. Carriger 

 unblown and they arrived safely and 

 he was successful in saving them. I 

 had another set of five of them to 

 hatch in my trunk while I was wait- 

 ing to get something to pack them up 

 in. Cotton is worth its weight in gold 

 here, so I had to shake hands with the 

 cooks and get some oat meal and pack 

 them up in that and they went through 

 safely. 



There has been several pairs of 

 Eagles in and about nearly every loca- 

 tion we have been in. Two pairs were 

 observed at Glenn Springs (the place 

 of one of the raids and where three 

 American soldiers were killed) one 

 nesting in the cliffs across the river 

 in Mexico from Bonquillas ; two pairs 

 observed in the vicinity of Alpine 

 Sixos (which is on the railroad) and 

 one pair and nest found in Hot Wells, 

 Texas in the cliffs. The Scales Part- 

 ridges are here in any number and one 

 can be seen feeding in the corral at 

 any time. But have not seen a single 

 nest or egg of this bird since I have 

 been down here, the native "Spicks" 

 (as we call a Mexican) say they are 

 quite common but I guess I must be 

 out of luck for they are quite rare 



when it comes to me finding tliem. 



1st Sergeant Geo. E. Maxon. 

 Terlingue, Texas. 



A Chuck Will's Widow. 



In my collection I have a specimen 

 of the Chuck Will's Widow which was 

 taken near Bardstown, Nelson county, 

 Kentucky, on .June 25, 1915. The bird 

 was killed by a fellow who claimed to 

 have seen three of them. 



The specimen measured 12 1^ inches 

 in length and 25 inches the expanse 

 and is a female bird, there being no 

 white in the tail. 



Is not north central Kentucky rather 

 out of their range? 



Ben J. Blincoe. 



Egg Trays. 



Having been able to make very sat- 

 isfactory egg trays for myself, I will 

 try to explain how I make them. 



Get cardboard of uniform thickness 

 for framework, some paper or cam- 

 bric for wrappers and wrapping paper 

 similar to the envelope which holds 

 THE OOLOGIST for pockets and some 

 quarter inch boards for fronts. Sup- 

 pose the trays are to be 4x5x1 this 

 makes easy figuring. Get a board as 

 long as your cardboard, square both 

 ends and plane one edge, nail a planed 

 lath or similar material six inches 

 from planed edge, using a notch stick 

 to get same distance one end as other, 

 trim one edge of card board, lay it 

 on your cutting board, lay the pattern 

 or gauge you have made on top with 

 card board tight against shoulder, with 

 sharp knife cut down side and across 

 end, turn cardboard around with end 

 against shoulder making as many cuts 

 as material will make. Now you have 

 pieces of cardboard just six inches 

 square and if your gauge was true, and 

 you worked it right, they will be per- 

 fectly true. Now take piece of wood 

 2x6 inches, plane it true, nail on piece 



