FEB 10 1897 
St.Vincent ,Minn; Janw,-’97. 
Wn. Brewster ,ksq., 
Cambridge ,Mass ,- 
Dear Mr.Brewster, - 
IT wiil write you,tonight,more fully,concern- 
ing-the matter of eggs,procurable,another season. 
As IT have said before,the idea of merchandizing in eggs is very re- 
pugnant to me;nothing but my ardent desire for a high-grade camera, 
and for the enriching of my collection would ever induce me to sell 
eges. T have made a, igs ae list,-putting prices as 
low as T can afford,for sin LARERLS _.@ satisfactory reduction 
where a number of sets are giudoua hinerel wish you,-as I did ih the @ 
case of the red-polls,to be maine frank with me,-and to have no 
hesitation in setting your own idea of the proper price,in cases where 
I have set too high a figure.In case of not a few species,I hardly 
think any o* the Printed Lists to give the proper rating.I might in- 
stance Krider’s Hawk.Granted that this is a valid species,the PROVEN 
habitat is very much restricted. So far as any information obtainable 
by myself goes,Central Minnesota lies at about the center of the 
habitat.If you have read my article in the AUK,you will have noteu fe 
how,even in that region, , -where ,-by the way ,B. Borealis (borealis ) - -is vw 
very rare,- oo Hawk is very Yeryfrom common.Howabsurd, then, to 
price eggs of B.B.Krideri at hardly more than half the price set for 
eggs of Archib.S.-dJ.Ferrug. ---I am hoping to extend somewhat, this 
season,my own observations concerning this subspecies, - -but am rather 
inclined to think that I shall be doomed to disappoontment. (The Bu- 
teo which (surely) breeds on the Pembina Mtns.1s possibly Calurus,- 
although the one red-tail that T know myself to have seen did not ap- 
pear,at the long range which constituted my nearest approach,to dif- 
fer,materially from specimens of B.Borealis Gig, cl have critically ex- 
amined in Has tern Kansas .)---But T am wandering very far from thesub- 
ct.Rut before I leave it,I will say,-that if you care at all for 
wa sua authentic sets of Krider’s Hawk,I will try to get a Steele 
Co.,-Minn.,-friend to secure the services of a clamber; andg (OU. de> 
to the wgods in his neighb pation. and secure the set laid,the25th. to G 
20th. ofnext April,by my favorite pair of bird wif I,-and he,-are suc- 
cessful in this,and my friend reports the eae of the parent birds 
as CERTAINLY immaculate,it will give me great pleasure to prepare and 
send you the set,as a slight token of yourmy appreciation of your gen- 
erosity to my "Camera Fund". But to return to the egg- 
pusiness.T1 shall be glad to give special attention to the preparation 
of any material obtainable in this region,that you can use,-and shall 

