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the thickest of the bushes. Possibly six or eight pairs were seen altogether, and 
one set of four eggs was secured. This nest was built about eight feet from the 
ground, in a thick, thorny bush, covered with blue-black colored berries. This 
bush grows in abundance all through these bottom lands, and the Indians gather 
the berries, beating the bushes with sticks and catching the falling berries in 
wicker baskets. 
Heleodytes b. couesi. Cactus Wren. A few were seen in the mesquites, but 
they were far more common out on the mesa. Several nests were seen built in 
forks in the giant cactus fifteen or twenty feet from the ground. 
Catherpes m. conspersus. Canyon Wren. One or two canyon wrens were 
heard singing about the summit of the rocky hill before mentioned. I hardly ex- 
pected to find any of this species out on an isolated hill like this, entirely discon- 
nected from any mountain range. 
Thryomanes b. bairdi. Baird Wren. Breeds fairly abundantly all through 
the mesquite forest. The first week in June young birds were seen as large 
as adults. 
Auriparus flaviceps. Verdin. Very common. The birds themselves were 
not very conspicuous, but their nests were seen on all sides. 
Polioptila plumbea. Plumbeous Gnatcatcher. A few seen out on the open 
mesa; not at all common. 
( To be concluded .) 
NEST OF GOLDEN EAGLE. IN A BLUFF NEAR ARROYO GRANDE, CALIFORNIA 
PHOTOGRAPHED BY ROBERT B. MORAN 
