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his^iit ajipeared to lie tlie average set of the \'irgiriia Rail although cue 
set of eleven eggs was found. On the other hand we encountered several birds 
incnliating ver}" small sets. I wo or three sets of three and four incubated eggs 
were examined ; and one jiersistent bird, found with a nest containing one eg'g' on 
lMa_\' 18. 1907, was visited weekly and was still brooding the single eg'g three 
weeks later, on June 8. 1 lie young rails leave the nest very soon after Iiatching 
and are (|uite noisy. Several young A’irginias examined were covered with coarse 
jcl black down. 
The Sora sets averaged .somewhat larger, sets of ten and eleven being com- 
mon, and twt) sets numbering' thirteen and fourteen eg'g's respectively were found. 
In many instances one or more eggs from a nest would be found on the ground 
near the nest, whether displaced intentionally or accidentally by the parent we 
could not discover, d'he average date for fresh eggs of the Scras was about 
b'ig. 47 . TYPICAL NMST, lOGG AXI) YOUNG OF COOT 
June 15 and we found that many of the sets hatched about July first: but the 
\ irginias were fully a month earlier. ( )ne half-gi'own young Xdrginia was 
found June 15, 1907, and a week later the rushes abounded with them. One 
lielated set of seven fresh eggs was found July 6. Data is accumulating steadily, 
that will eventually place the X’irginia Rail definitely among regular Colorado 
winter residents. 
Fulica americana. Coor. 
Second only to the X'ellow-headed lllackbirds in numbers come the Coots 
Every lake and ])ond was alive with them, and literally thousands of these birds 
are hatched every year along the Harr chain. The nesting season extends 
through May, June and July. Our earliest complete set was found April 27, the 
first egg of which mnst have I',een laid April 18. This set hatched May 11. Nests 
with eggs were seen as late as July 21. and immature birds were much in evi- 
