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 4 THE CONDOR I VOL. VIII wings and tail. Mr. Ed L. Currier, of Tacoma, was with me and the bird did not seein at all afraid of either of us. The male did not appear at any time, which is surprising as he is usually in close attendance upon his mate. The nest was placed twenty feet from the ground in a young fir, and was securely saddled on a good sized limb at a distance of six feet from the trunk of the tree. It is a compact structure composed externally of small dead fir twigs, various kinds of dry moss, and down froin the cotton-wood flowers, showing a strong outward resemblance to nests of D. auduboni. But here the likeness be- tween the two is at an end; for the lining consists of fine dried grasses, and' horse- hair, with only a single feather from the wing of a western bluebird. The meas- urements are, externally, four inches in diameter and two and three-quarters inches deep; internally, two inches in diameter by one and a quarter inches deep. The eggs, which are five in number, were incubated about four days. They have a rather dull white ground with the slightest suggestion of flesh color, heavily blotched and spotted with varying shades of red, brown and lavender. Their dimensions in inches are .68 x .53, .69 x .52, .69 x .52, .69 x -53 and .69 x .53. Without any of a rather natural partiality on account of their rarity, I think they may be considered the handsomest of all the warbler's eggs. Tacoma, 14Xashin.'ton. Summer Birds of San Francisco County, California BY MILTON S. RAY A WRITER in THE CONDOR recently stated: "San Francisco County being very small and covering not much more than the city linfits, cuts but little figure ornithologically." Yet the following list of' the birds found during the breeding season shows our little peninsula to be by no means devoid of bird- life, and as the county fronts on both the bay and ocean quite a formidable list of migrants and winter residents could be made. The county is nearly square in shape being about seven miles each way. The western half is only thinly popu- lated, the Presidio Reservation, Golden Gate Park and a nmnber of smaller dis- triers to the south being the principal wooded sections. Introduced trees, such as pine, eucalyptus and cypress form the bulk of the timber. The balance of the unsettled portion is either barren or sparsely covered with the native scrub oak, willow or lupine bushes. Owing to the cool climate there are practically no shade trees in the city itself and as gardens of any extent are likewise scarce, the only bird which occurs and breeds within the city proper, with a very few exceptions, is the European house sparrow. x. Fulica americana. American Coot. About the fresh water ponds of the park and elsewhere in the western half of the county the coot is a common breeder. 2. Lophortyx californicus californicus. California Partridge. A common resident especially in the park where, owing to the protection they receive, they have become exceedingly tame. Largest set of eggs noted, twenty-three. 3. Zenaitlura macroura. Mourning Dove. A fairly abundant summer resident. 4. Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. Seen during spring and summer. 5. Elanus leucurus. White-tailed Kite. One seen in May, I9oo. 6. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tailed Hawk. Noticed in spring and summer as well as at other seasons.