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were foraging industriously for themselves, but were given occasional bits of food 
by their elders. They were very tame, and allowed me to come within a few 
yards before flying. Warblers were quite scarce. We saw a few Black-fronted 
and Olive warblers but no Red-faced. 
During our hunting we continally heard Kinglets (Reg ulus calendula) 
in the tops of high trees. We found one partly built nest, and a little later 
Howard saw a bird fly into a bunch of long moss, about sixty feet up in a 
slender dead fir tree. He came beaming, to report, and right after dinner we 
went up to the tree, which he struck with his hatchet. A little mite of a bird 
darted out of the moss and away. Howard climbed up and found the nest, 
completely hidden among the cluster of dead twigs overgrown with moss. 
AVith considerable difficulty he got the eggs out from among the twigs and 
into his mouth, and I counted eight as he made the transfer. Then he fastened 
a small rope to the branch and, cutting it off, lowered it to me. The nest was 
a beautiful object in its setting of grey moss and twigs. The eight eggs were 
fresh ; the date, A lay 25. The next morning I saw a Kinglet gathering moss or 
grass from the ground and carrying it into the extreme top of a tall fir. AVe did 
not climb to this nest, however. 
About three o’clock that afternoon we set out on our return trip. Our 
shoes were nearly gone and my shirt was little more than a neck band. Driv- 
ing the horses ahead of us we hurried doAvn, but even though we hurried it 
was after nine o’clock before we got into camp, too tired to do more than go 
to bed. The next morning we were up at 4:30, and, after some repairs to 
our shoes, and a hasty breakfast, started down the canyon to collect a set of 
eggs from the nest of a Gray Yireo we had previously discovered. AVe also 
took sets of Costa Hummingbird and Lucy AVarbler. A set of AVestern Gnat- 
catcher previously discovered was still incomplete. AVe got back to camp 
early, and packed our nests in boxes, for Foran to bring out in his wagon, 
as he Avas going to Tucson the next day. AVe were glad to be relieved of such 
a load, as they made quite a large bulk altogether. 
This day had nearly finished our shoes, so next morning, the 28th, the 
prospect of a twenty-one mile hike over a rocky trail made ns realize the 
necessity of some further repairs. An old bootleg, a piece of canvas from 
an old tent, some nails and cord furnished the means, and lasted nearly half 
the trip back. The balance of the trail Avas negotiated very carefully. 1 
found another nest of Arizona Cardinal before Ave started, and about a mile 
from camp a Zone-tailed Hawk left her nest in a small cottoiiAvood, containing 
a beautiful set of tAvo fresh eggs. This Avas evidently the second laying of a 
pair Avhose nest Howard had found on the first trip. A set of Cooper Hawk 
eggs was taken from a nest in a vine-covered oak. About three o’clock Ave 
reached our wheels, and then loafed along toAvard Tucson with the idea of 
arriving after dark. Strenuous is the word that best describes the ten days 
Ave had just passed. A hot bath and a good dinner made us both feel fit for 
our trip among the giant mesquites and cactus the next day, but that is another 
story. 
Tombstone, Arizona, March 14, 1916. 
