of the Wn. Golden-crowned Kinglet, with nests, and as many of the 
California Creeper, with a goodly representation of many of the 
more common varieties. While these added nothing new in them¬ 
selves to my collection,they have done wonders via the exchange 
route so that my collection has risen to 786 varieties on the 
A.O.U. list. In addition I am expecting any day now sets of Paro¬ 
quet Auklet, Old-3quaw, Pribilof Sandpiper N/4, Aleutian Rosy~~ 
Pinch N/5, Alaska Wren N/7, and a number more, all of which will be 
new to me and all taken by personal friends. 
A very fine set of Sage Hen N/8,the nest heavily lined 
with their handsome black feathers,was sent me by a friend east 
of the mountains --- a great improvement upon my former set of 1/6. 
Prom the same locality came an interesting, but puzzling,set^ of 
ducks eggs, with nest. It contained nine eggs of the Mallard, twsv-nf. 
the Pintail, and one of the Gadwall, while the down in the nest was 
nearly all of it very light,much like that of the Redhead. The hen 
Gadwall was sitting hard, and seemed in full possession. The first 
three ducks mentioned all have nests of dark colored down,so who 
was the real owner of this nest? There was a large variety of 
ducks nesting in this locality, so it was not unusual for them to 
bunch together a little,but the light colored down puzzles me. The 
study of birds, nests, and eggs never loses interest, as something new 
bobs up every season for us to admire and wonder over. 
There has been nothing of especial interest happened so 
far this fall in the bird line, as the weather has been toowarm for 
any migration from the north. However, I wonder if I might have 
written you of the star addition to my collection that I made last 
