. The oist . She was sittingbroadside to me and had her headtucked around to the off side so thatI could not at first see it and acted asif she were hiding from me. I havenever noted this act in this species be-fore as when you approach an incubat-ing bird she is always nervous, etc. Iclapped my hands, and made all kindsof noises but could not wake her upso I called to my companion on theground to go to the tree and rap onit, upon his doing this she woke upand flew ofT at once and displayed twoof the nicest eggs of this species thatI have ever seen. Needless to saythat I came down from the tre
. The oist . She was sittingbroadside to me and had her headtucked around to the off side so thatI could not at first see it and acted asif she were hiding from me. I havenever noted this act in this species be-fore as when you approach an incubat-ing bird she is always nervous, etc. Iclapped my hands, and made all kindsof noises but could not wake her upso I called to my companion on theground to go to the tree and rap onit, upon his doing this she woke upand flew ofT at once and displayed twoof the nicest eggs of this species thatI have ever seen. Needless to saythat I came down from the tree I wasin and collected this set. They areshorter and rounder than any othersets of these I have and heavily mar-ked and very handsome. In all myobservations of this bird this is thefirst time I have ever found her breed-ing so high up, possibly this swamphad every available hollow log in useby her friends and she was compelledto go high. This nest was 85 feet up in a cypress. O. E. BAYNARD. THE OOLOGIST 107. No. 63. Set Black Vultures eggs with runt. -Plioto by O. E. Baynard Charles K. Worthens Collections. Some time since. Oologist volume26, page 126, we advised our readersof the death of Charles K. Worthen,the well-known scientist of Warsaw,Illinois. His going took from us thelast of the large dealers in scientifical-ly prepared bird skins and eggs, num-bering as he did, museums througlioutthe world as his customers, and beingin contact with collectors of rarer ma-terial in all parts of the globe. Hewas a medium through which nearlyall public institutions acquired muchof their material; and above all, hisrank and standing for absolute integ-rity as well as scientific authenticitywas without a rival. At the time of his death, he left astock of something like seven thous- and bird skins, including well roundedseries of many of the rarer varieties,such as Swallow-tailed Hawk, Yel-low and Black Rail, Carolina Paraquet,Passenger Pigeon and the like, all ofwhich are practically un
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