we saw the quick flash of a Ruby-throat, but we 

 were unable to locate a nest. 

 Peters found a nest of the Turkey Vulture by 

 patiently watching the parent bird until she de- 

 scended to her nest; she was setting and had 

 probably flown out when we approached. 

 The nest was in the bottom of a hollow elm and 

 contained two badly incubated eggs. 

 By rapping on the old trees, we scared out sev- 

 eral owls, but did not stop to investigate any. 



Up one hill and down another, we spent 

 the whole forenoon in rambling over about one 

 square mile of timber. I found two eggs of the 

 Whip Poor Will on the side of a brush pile, no 

 bird w T as around, I nearly steped on them before 

 I saw them. We ate our dinner near a small 

 spring which gushed forth from the bank amidst 

 a circle of water cress; a Scarlet Tanager furnish- 

 ed us with a song while we ate. 



After dinner we ascended the bluff to get a 

 better view ul the river, far to the south it turns 

 east again and the bluff in the back-ground gave 

 it the appearance of a large lake; to the east the 

 fertile bottom spread out as far as the eye could 

 reach, dotted here and there by groves of cotton- 

 wood. Far out the Blackbirds and Crows kept 

 flying to and fro, carrying food to their young, 

 and gossiping with all the vigor of old maids at a 



