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TIIK COXDOR 
Vol. XIII 
lay scattered about four \'OUut>' cottontails hardly as larRe as an adult strijied Ropher. 
Two were whole, one headless, and onl\- the hind ]xirts of the fourth remained. 
A hig-h wind and a chill\- day caused Mr. W’hite and me to lose this extraordinar \- 
liicture. B\' Aj'jril 26 the e\ es ot the > oung birds \vere nearly or (piite o]ien, th^ 
lug. (). iU';hri:.\r\' 7, 1007; thk Or.w pi,u.m.\ .\nd whitk Thro.a.t patch ok tiik 
OI,I> own SITTIXC. O.N TIIK RIM OK TIIK XKST C.AVITV lil.KXI) PKRKKCTI.V WITH 
THK HARK AND SNOW 
iris being of a milky \ ellow or light lemon \-ellow. The mandibles, which were now 
gra^’ish >-ellow in color, were snaiiped vi,gorousl\'. The indmary (luills were an 
inch and a half long, the feathers just beginning to show at the tijis. The food in 
