VOL. i. PITTSFIELD, MASS., MAY. i83S. XO. 5. 



My Set of Haliaeetus Leucocephalus. 



BY LE GRAND THEODORE MEYER. 



While comfortably seated in my home-like boarding place, with a good cheery 

 coal tire, reading a southern paper, my eve chanced to light upon the following item : 



"For a number of years, a pair of Bald Eagles have nested within five miles 

 of this city, near a negro settlement." 



Being somewhat of a traveler, my mind was instantly made up; for I had long 

 wanted to pass the winter in the south: and in looking over my fair collection of 

 eggs, there always seemed to be an indescribable longing when I thought of how 

 a ^et of Bald Eagle's would improve it, and how a rival collector asserted his claim 

 to a set of two, obtained at a momentary risk of his life. 



To go to Southern Georgia was my sudden resolve; so accordingly, I packed 

 my valise, including a suit of overalls (necessary Oological instruments) and a .38 

 calibre magazine rifle, going more for sport than collecting. 



A ride of three days brought me. figuratively speaking, from winter to summer 

 tor although they call it winter here, it little resembles ours, being more like a 

 balmy spring instead. 



Arriv ing at the little town of Hillsborough. I "put up" at their apology of a 

 hotel, and commenced to ascertain the whereabouts of the noted tree. The people 

 were just over their Christmas jubilee or festival, and were about to commence 

 the country routine Avork. 



