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 THE CONDOR VOL. iX By a stream I saw a small hole in a stub of a tree about six feet above the water. It contained the nest of a Vigors wren. There were seven fresh eggs on a lining of grass and many feathers. The bird was absent but soon returned. She uttered no cry while I was near. The woodpeckers' nests I saw were built in solid oak trees and could not be looked into. May 19, I found a fresh set of five linnet's eggs that had no spots on them. It was in a nest in an oak about twelve feet from the ground. There was also a set of Idoves' eggs in a nest in an oak about twelve feet from the ground. On the 24th I found another set of dove's on some drift wood by the creek. AROUND SPENCERVILLE, MAY 27 TO JUNE 3.--1 found a nest of the western lark sparrow coutaining four incubated eggs. The nest was built on the ground in the pine needles under a dead pine limb. The birds were quiet. Also a nest of the brown towhee containing four incubated eggs which had been deserted on account of rain. Another deserted nest of the same species contained one fresh egg. The next day I found another nest of the western lark sparrow. It was built in the top of a scrub oak about six feet from the ground, and contained two incu- bated and one fresh egg. The two incubated eggs were probably caused by the bird covering the eggs during the few days' rain we had, the fresh egg being laid after. I also found another nest of the California jay. It was built in an oak about six feet front the ground and contained four fresh eggs. The parent bird, altho startled, did not utter a sound. This is about the only time this noisy bird will hold its tongue! The next day I found two nests of the valley partridge. One nest contained twelve, the other seventeen fresh eggs. Both were built on the ground under young oaks growing on the line that was brushed out the previous year. There were many deserted nests of birds, containing eggs and dead young. This was the first instance the farmers could remember of having such rains at this time of the year. LIME KILN, JUNE 8 TO o.--The new birds I saw here are as follows: I found two nests of the western robin, one containing two, the other three fresh eggs. Both nests were built in oaks near the ground and exposed. The materials used were straw, mud, string and rags. I found four nests of the spotted sandpiper (,4ctitis macularia). On an island in the middle of a creek I found a nest with one fresh egg. The egg was placed in a depression on the ground among a little grass. On the other side of the island was a mother with four young. She kept up a continual cry. The young matched the color of the ground. On the bank of the creek I found a nest of this species containing four fresh eggs. It was located on the ground under a tree. The depression was lined with afew grasses. The eggs all pointed toward the center. Another nest was built on the shore among the rocks and contained no lining. It contained four fresh eggs. A nest of the lazuli bunting, containing four incubated eggs was built in a live oak bush about three feet from the ground. The materials were plant fibers lined with hair. Near the same place I found three nests of the black-headed grosbeak. One nest in an oak contained two fresh eggs, the other two were built in the same alder tree and contained one and three eggs respectively. All the nests were made of purplish-colored rootlets. In an adjoining alder, which I climbed to look into one of the grosbeaks' nests, I came across a yellow warbler's nest containing four slightly incubated eggs. It was built against the main trunk and was made of alder fibers, willow down and hair. The bird was absent. I also saw a nest con- taining five young flickers. They were so large they completely filled the exca- vation, and could fly when I took them out.