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 Jan., 1909 RARE BIRDS AND SETS OP EGGS FROM LOW.ER CALIFORNIA 11 certs frazari) he only took three sets of eggs of three each. He also took sets of the following species at La Paz: Guara al5a, Ardea herodias, Egrelta candi- dissima, Egt'alilis wilsonia, Melopelia asialica, Ctrdinah's cardinalis igneus, Auriparus flavt'ceps, and Holioplila cerulea obscura. He also found two eggs of the Belding Rail (]?allus beMingD. They were badly eaten by mice, the nest evidently having been deserted. Brown' collected a series of thirteen of these birds. He writes, "As for the Belding Rail, I found this species a most difficult one to collect on account of its retiring habits in the dense mangrove jungle, where the branches and long roots are interwoven and interlaced. You can not enter a foot without cutting with axe and machete. In my search for the nest and eggs of this Rail I cut trails thru various parts of the mangrove tangle, but was unable to find but an abandoned nest with two eggs which the mice had nearly destroyed. The collecting of this Rail is a question of high tides. At low tide this Rail can not be hunted. He keeps in the depths of the mangrove tangle where he feeds on small crabs, etc.; but when there is a very high tide the water forces him to seek his food more inland, along the shore outside of the swamp; then by careful and patient hunting you can occasionally shoot one, but it is very. slow work and requires much time and patience. In fact, for a long time I thought I should be unsuccessful in my search; for altho I hunted faithfully for it over a month I was unable to find one until I thought of the high tide plan." From August 2 to September 2 Brown collected at Sierra de la Laguna. He took seven sets of the Viosca Pigeon (Columba fasciata vioscce). The last set was taken September 2, and was fresh. These birds lay but one egg. He also col- lected three sets of the Thick-billed Towhee (Hipilo maculalus magn[roslrs); also the Frazar Vireo, Western Warbling Vireo and Green-backed Goldfinch. He col- lected large series of these birds, and of Junco baird/, but he was too late for the eggs of the latter. Lancasler, Affassachusetts. NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE COUNTY, COLORADO By EDWARD R. WARREN WITH ONIE MAP HE following notes have been gathered by the writer during a couple of short trips in April, 1906 and 1908, and are greatly supplemented by notes ob- tained from Mr. C. H. Smith of Coventry, who has resided there for the past ten years. As practically nothing ornithological has ever been publisht concern- ing this region, it has seemed worth while to write up these notes for THe: CONDOR, scanty as they may be. Roughly speaking, the region covered is that portion of Montrose County lying south and west of the Uncompahgre Plateau, as shown on the accompanying map, and a few notes are also given from points in the adjoining portion of San Miguel County, to which county this region really belongs, speaking from geo- graphical relations. It is a mesa, 7000 feet above sea level at the eastern end, but gradually becoming lower to the west. Thru this mesa the San Miguel River has cut its bed in a northwesterly direction, in places several hundred feet below the mesa level, and joining the Dolores River about six miles south of the Mesa County