May 1888.] 
AJSTD OOLOGIST. 
75 
I ingly spotted with reddish? 
r (Nutt.), Bp. Red and 
ickbird. A flock observed 
an account ot which ap- 
>1. 12, No. 7, pp, 107 - 4 . 
'heo. T>. A. Cocke/ell of 
anty, writes me, that it is 
scurriug at Silver/ciifT on 
e valley, by Mrf. Walter 
that at present ^ think he 
i in identity, a* I see no 
ver reaching Cluster Coun- 
e of the Rio dfcl Colorado 
would open a/path to this 
y its tributaries into cer- 
rn Utah, th(S other species 
t observed/in the county, 
■ds there if no direct line 
n, as is the case with this 
explanation, the species 
nay yet make its acquain- 
ts (Aud.) Western Mead- 
ow Lark. Not comn^on, but a few pair may be 
found in moist and Bevel /localities, generally 
in valleys between tne Mesas. They are far 
more abundant in the rail, probably being 
joined by more northerly birds. They leave 
after the first snow-stonfts, and, contrary to the 
Meadow Larks in the Bast, they do not arrive 
till ready to breed. Wperfeas in Wyoming and 
eastern localities, they appear very often be- 
fore the snow has dhiiipearsd. Reaches 10,000 
feet. 
61. Scoleocophagusf ayanoekilialus (Wagh.), 
Caban. Brewer’s Blackbird. \ This poor bird, 
in spite of the burden it carries' in the shape of 
a scientific name, pits up with ft- troubles joy- 
fully and comes to/ us regularly, and its little 
communities are found in the* wet ravines 
where it receives its brood or broods of four or 
five young, in as good form as any,of its kind. 
In a net tract .near the Ft. Lewis cemetery, 
there is a little plump of some five flair, build- 
ing their nests hpon the ground at tie bottom 
of the low bushes which grow sparingly. Not 
2,000 yards to/the nest, and just over it mesa is 
another colony of a few pair, who build in the 
branches of the scrub oak. Now, please do not 
think T have made any mistake in these two 
instances, for I have been two years trying to 
make myself believe so, and last spring, after 
slaughtering both communities, 1 was obliged 
to come io the conclusion that both colonies 
were one and the same species. The Blue- 
Headed Crackle is the only one in this county. 
(To be Continued.) 
A Series of Eggs of Tinnunculus 
sparverius. 
BY J. P. N. 
The eggs of the Sparrow Hawk ( Tinnunculus 
sparverius), are smaller than those of any other 
North American Hawk. As a rule they are 
handsome, being brightly colored, and most of 
them have the reddish appearance which is so 
characteristic of the eggs of the Falcons. They 
exhibit a surprising variation in the style and 
coloring of their markings, and a series of 
them present a fine appearance. 
While inhabiting the whole of North Amer- 
ica, it appeals to be especially abundant in 
California, where all but two of the sets com- 
prising the present series were taken. It lays 
its eggs in hollows of trees, mostly in those 
which are either wholly dead, or those with 
dead limbs. Often the holes made by wood- 
peckers are used, but in no case is any material 
carried into the hole by the bird. The eggs 
are four or five in number, rarely more. 
It is believed that the present series of 
twenty-two sets, now before the writer, shows 
all the variations to which they are subject. 
Set I. May 5, 1885. Anaheim, California. Col- 
lected by Julius Schneider. Nest in hollow of 
a sycamore tree. Five eggs. Incubation com- 
menced. Ground color white, speckled and 
spotted with vinaceous-cinnamon, cinnamon- 
rufous, and chestnut. The markings are 
chiefly at the larger ends on three of the eggs, 
and at the smaller ends on the other two : 1.30 
x 1.06 ; 1.33 x 1.10; 1.30 xl.10; 1.31 xl.ll; 
1.33 x 1.13. 
A large portion of the ground color of this 
set (which is a pure white), is unmarked, and 
this makes its appearance much lighter than 
any other in the series, for although other sets 
have fewer markings, none of them have as 
white a ground color as these. 
Set II. April 18, 1885, Los Angeles County, 
California. Collected by C. N. P. Nest in a 
hollow tree. Four eggs, incubation well ad- 
vanced. Ground color pinkish buff to ochrace- 
ous buff, speckled (and with a few spots of the 
same colors), with russet and burnt umber: 
1.36 x 1.11; 1.35 x 1.10; 1.32 x 1.12; 1.34 x 1.13. 
■ Set III. April 26, 1884, Riverside, California. 
Collected by E. M. Haight. Nest in a hole in 
a large eottonwmod tree. Four eggs, incubation 
advanced. Ground color pinkish buff, speckled 
with burnt umber. Three of the eggs have each 
