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 52 THE CONDOR [ Vol. II ers in the Deep Creek country of west- ern Utah, by suddenly taking wing and making voice, actually stampeded a herd of cattle which he was driving. Mr. Nelson and others tell me that in the Tintic Range, in early March, he has seen companies estimated at "several h u nd red." The eggs of different sets vary con- siderably in size. Mr. Gale's Colorado sets measure respectively (Set ) .37 x 9 o, x.36x.89, t.32x.89; (Set 2) L34x.9o, t.37x.9x, x.39x.92 inches. Major Bend- ire's Oregon sets are smaller, measuring: (Set x) x.22x.95, x.2ox.9o; (Set 2) x.26x 95, .3ox-92 inches. The four eggs in my first set are elongate-ovate inshape; the ground color is of the clearest pale green, covered with small flecks and spots of lavender and brown. These small spots are distributed over two- thirds of the largest ends of the eggs, the pointed ends being almost the plain ground color. There is no tendency to a wreathing of the markings, nor is the primary greenish ground hidden to any extent by the minute spots. The eggs are rather thin shelled, smooth, glossy and closely grained and measure x.39 x 99, x.38x98, x.38x.97 and x.34xx.oo inch- es. The first three eggs are of the elongate type while the fourth is more obtuse and broader, as will be seen by The Woodpeckers of the the measurements. Taken altogether I consider the eggs, as seen reposing in their cumbrous nest bed of juniper bark strips, with a framing of matted juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) twigs, a very beautiful type of birds' egg. The one egg taken March 23 measures x.33 94 inches. On March 3, 9 oo, my same collect- ors found a nest containing three young birds about three days old. The parent was easily caught by hand and placed on the edge of the nest while he exam- ined the nestlings. She remained there the whole time, thus evincing a wond- erful example of maternal love for her offspring. The nest, young and parent were collected April x3, the male parent being shot on returning to the nst. On examination by the writer, the throat of the adult bird appeared to protrude to a great degree and on opening the bill it was found to be literally packed with the small seeds of the pinon pine, care- fully cleaned from the hells, and no doubt intended to be exuded' for the benefit of the young, which were very fat and evidently thriving on the diet. All of the above sets, nests and birds taken by my collectors in Utah this year are now in the collection of Miss Jean Bell of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. Upper Salinas Valley. BY CItAS. S. TItOMPSON, PASO ROBLES, CAL. [Read before the Northern Division ol the Cooper Orn. Club, Jan. 6, 9oo.] ROM the northern boundary of San Luis Obispo County south to the source of the Salinas River, the country is knovn as the upper Salinas Valley. It is rolling, and white oaks of tvo species are the most plenti- ful trees in the hills, while c6ttonvoods are the characteristic trees of the river bottom. With such a combination it is not at aIl strange that voodpeckers are plentiful both as regards numbers and species. In three seasons' collecting in the upper Salinas Valley I have taken the eggs of five species of woodpeckers, as follows:--Gairdner's (190'abates pubes- certs airdnerii) NuttaWs (Do,obates nullali),Californian ( Jelaiterpes fornticiv- orus bairdi) and Lewis's (J/[elanerpes iorquatus), besides the Red-shafted Flicker (Colapies caret) Of the six spe- cies all but the Red-breasted Sapsucker (.ph. yrapicus rttber) are residents, both winter and summer. The sapsuck- er, however, is seen only during the winter and is never common. Cabanis's Woodpecker (Dv,obates z1/osus h_Wosco- pus) may also be found here sparingly, but as I have never yet seen it, I shall