TllK SUNNY SOtTll OO LOU 1ST. 



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Nesting places similar to foregoing 

 species^ Nests April 15th to June 

 15th. 



14. Saint Lucas Thrasher — 

 Harporhyncluis cinereus xantus — 

 Uplands' and high plains, in cactus 

 and other bushes. Begins nesting 

 about Ma}' 1 st. 



14a. Bendire's Thrasher — Har- 

 porh3'nchus cinereus bendirei — Up- 

 lands and high plains. Begins nest- 

 ing April 1st. 



15. Curve-billed Thrashkr — 

 Harporhynchuscurvirostris — Inhabits 

 thick woods. Nest from May 1st to 

 June 15th. 



15a. Palmer's Thrasher — Har- 

 porh3'nchus curvirostris palmeri — 

 Desert regions of Arizona. Begins 

 neslino' about the 10th of May 



16. CxVLifqrnia Thrasher — Har 

 porhynchus redivivus — Coast region 

 of California, in a clump of bushes, or 

 dense chaparral. Begins nesting early 

 in February 



16a. Leconte's Thrasher — Har 

 porhynchus redivivus lecontei — Fre- 

 quents open countries. Begins nest- 

 ing early in April. 



17. RUFUS-VENTED ThRASHER 



Harporhynchus crissalis — Common in 

 chapparral thickets, and well shaded 

 undergrowths. Begins nesting early 

 in April. 



{Continued.^ 



Egg Collecting in Colorado. 



On a pleasant morning in the early 

 part of May last, (May 2, 1885) our 

 collector put his gun, collecting-box, 

 etc., into the buckboard, and started 

 for a point 16 miles below Greely, on 

 the Platte. The destination was a 

 long island midwaj^ in the Platte while 

 on either side was the rushing, dirty 

 river, 'iliis island was noted among 

 the boys of the neighborhood as a 

 great resort for crows, owls, herons 

 and other large birds during the breed 

 jHg season: but, owing to the river be- 



ing high in the spring of the year few 

 have ever cared to reach the island for 

 such "trifles as bird's-eogs." 'Twas 

 too early for herons' eggs, too late for 

 owl's, but just the time for crows. 

 The latter we were after, and crows' 

 eggs we determined to have. The 

 sio'ht of a few nests in the trees on the 

 island, and several crows flapping 

 about, worked our desires to the high- 

 est pitch. Stripping and holding all 

 necessary articles to take crow's eggs 

 with in one hand, we partly waded and 

 swam across the wild and dirty stream 

 to the crow-den shores. In a short 

 space of time I took 11 sets of 6 eggs, 

 and 3 of 5 each from nests from 12 to 

 20 feet from the ground, all eggs were 

 perfectly fresh. Once I thought I 

 had a set of Raven's eggs (280), as 

 they were larger than the average 

 crow's, and m}^ aid shot a female raven 

 as she left the nest. It must have 

 been a mistake however on Aer part 

 and I have since given up the idea. 



I flushed an American Long-Eared 

 owl (395) off of an old crow's nest 

 about 8 feet from the ground, and ob- 

 tained a handsome set of 6 eggs. It 

 was so late in the season for owl's 

 eggs that I was afraid they would 

 hatch out before I could get them to 

 the ground. On blowing them I was 

 much surprised to find them all per- 

 fectly^ fresh. Has an}' one ever taken 

 a fresh set of 395 as late as this? 



Also took one set of B. B. magpies 

 (286) 5 eggs, incubation well advanced; 

 nest 6 feet from the ground. We saw 

 several herons busity fixing up their 

 old nests in the high tops of a large 

 Cottonwood, but we never get fresh 

 heron's eggs until the last of Ma3\ 



Fred M. Dille, 

 Greele3\ Colorado. 



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Nesting of Brown-headed Nut- 

 hatch. 



(SITTA PUSSILLA) 



All the accounts I have seen in 

 books say the brown-headed nuthatch 

 builds no nest, but lays her eggs in 



