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to spend a dime to see such a ferocious 

 animal. When you can catch armodil- 

 las in the city limits of Menard. It 

 was a joke on the people so the sheriff 

 closed the show as a fake. Telling 

 this joke on Menard has got me away 

 from my subject. But we are back 

 again. Arriving at Gentry Creek we 

 made camps. While at this camp 

 many interesting things happened, but 

 it would take too much space to tell 

 them. 



We observed the following birds: 

 about 200 Wild Turkey, many Bob 

 White, Texas- and Belted Kingfishers, 

 Road Runners, Arizona Jays, Downy 

 Woodpeckers, Flicker, Slate-colored 

 Junco, Cedar Waxwings, Robins, Kill- 

 deer, Wrens, Tufted and Black Vul- 

 tures, Hawks and Owls. The only 

 Ducks seen were in a bunch of Mal- 

 lards. Observed six deer. I killed one 

 four point buck and one wild turkey. 

 The rest of the party killed 7 wild 

 turkeys. 



Fur-bearing animals are decreasing 

 rapidly. A few wild cats, coyote, wolf, 

 fox, coon, skunk, civit, ring tail cats, 

 and oppossum are left. I saw three 

 eagle nests, many cliff swallows and 

 one phoebe. 



I have used too much space already 

 so I must quit for this time. Hoping 

 a happy new year to The Oologist and 

 all its readers. 



Ramon Graham, Taxidermist, 

 Ft. Worth, Texas. 



Early Blue Jay's Eggs 



My Earliest date for Blue Jays' 

 eggs in Polk County, Iowa, was April 

 18, 1910. 



On the above date I found a nest 

 containing one egg which on the 23rd 

 contained four eggs. The data I give 

 below as it is quite an interesting one 

 to my collection. 



Date, April 23rd, 1910; Locality, 

 East of Greenwood Park, Pes Moines, 



la; nest, 8 feet from ground in crotch 

 of an apple tree in orchard, composed 

 of sticks and lined with rootlets. Nest 

 found on the 18th when it contained 

 one egg. On my next visit, on the 

 23d, the nest was filled with snow 

 which had fallen that afternoon, com- 

 pletely covering the four eggs. There 

 were no Jays near, and had the eggs 

 been left in the nest overnight they 

 would no doubt have frozen as the 

 night was very cold. 



Emerson A. Stoner, 

 (Now of Benicia, Cal.) 



Owls and Robins in Nemeha County, 

 Kansas. 



During the past three years I have 

 had occasion to note the different Owls 

 found in this county. 



In the early part of 1915 an ac- 

 quaintance of mine brought me a fine 

 speciman of a Barred Owl, which he 

 had killed in the woods near here. The 

 Great Horned Owl is quite numerous 

 here. Last summer 1 ran on to one 

 when I was walking through the 

 woods. He was sitting on a log which 

 had fallen across the stream. His 

 back was toward me but he turned his 

 head, his eyes looked as big as saucers 

 and gazed at me for a few seconds, 

 then gave a kind of croak and flew 

 away. 



I have mounted several Barn Owls, 

 which were killed in this county. Of 

 course the Screech Owl is numerous 

 here, both red and gray. 



While trapping during the fall of 

 1916 I ran across a group of Owls, 12 

 or 15. They were gray with long 

 ears, larger than the Screech Owl but 

 not as large as the Barn Owl. They 

 stayed around a high bank and in a 

 tree covered by a grapevine, during 

 the day time, remained several weeks 

 then disappeared as suddenly as they 

 had come. I am not certain what 

 specie they belonged to, but I think 



