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The opening article on "Notes on 

 Some Birds of Texas," by J. A. Sing- 

 ley, Esq., is only the commencement of 

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iliar "chuck" and then saw the male 

 fly to the cavity with something in its 

 mouth. The female met him at the 

 door and Mr. Nuthatch presented his 

 wife with something which she devoured 

 with apparent relish, and then disap- 

 peared in the gloom of the cavity which 

 was abott thirty-five feet from the 

 ground. 



From this nest I took a fine set of 

 eight eggs, a little larger and not as 

 pointed as the eggs of the first set. 

 The nest was composed of mud, (small 

 pieces) paper, bark, leaves and bits of 

 hair, roughly lined with soft hair. The 

 average measurement of these eggs 

 was .76X.56 in. 



