Nov. ,1918 



NESTING OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN JAY 



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a disappointment just the same, these eggs were so nearly ready to hatch that 

 it was very difficult to save them. 



Since the last occurrence I have received three sets of Rocky Mountain 

 Jay's eggs, taken in Colorado, each set accompanied by the nest and parent, 

 bird, and with detailed reports by the parties taking them. I will designate 

 these as numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the order received by me, and quote from the re- 

 ports accompanying them. 



Set no. 1. "From Grande County, collected May 2. Altitude 8,600 feet; 

 nest in a lodge-pole pine about thirty feet high and three and one-half inches 



Fig. 40. Nest and eggs of the Rocky Mouxtaix Jay; set xo. 1. 



in diameter at breast height; nest about twenty-five feet from the ground, in a 

 rather bushy top, located close to the trunk on a small limb. Some of the 

 strings used in the nest were neatly bound around the limb upon which it 

 rested. 



"The mother bird showed no unusual actions that I could observe, but 

 while the nest was being secured, hovered about the nearby trees, flying back 

 to the nest tree once or twice, and all the while making a terrible fuss. ' ' 



The two eggs in this nest were more than three-quarters advanced in incu- 

 bation. 



