. The oist . on ac-count of the dense undergrowth ofRhoddendron in the low lands. Be-yong a vain chase of a pair of Pileat-ed Woodpeckers, a new nest of theBlack and White Warbler and a beau-tiful set of seven Chickadees eggs theday was devoid of anything extraordin-ary, though the constant lookout forbirds above and snakes below keptone very busy. Several times that day 1 noticed amedium sized Hawk flying over one ofthe thickest swamps so the next dayI decided to see what it was doing inthat locality. The undergrowth wasso thick that I decided to walk up tothe trout stream and watch the banks
. The oist . on ac-count of the dense undergrowth ofRhoddendron in the low lands. Be-yong a vain chase of a pair of Pileat-ed Woodpeckers, a new nest of theBlack and White Warbler and a beau-tiful set of seven Chickadees eggs theday was devoid of anything extraordin-ary, though the constant lookout forbirds above and snakes below keptone very busy. Several times that day 1 noticed amedium sized Hawk flying over one ofthe thickest swamps so the next dayI decided to see what it was doing inthat locality. The undergrowth wasso thick that I decided to walk up tothe trout stream and watch the banksfor posisble Louisiana Water Thrushnests. Half way up the wooded sec-tion I heard a shrill clee-e-e and in-stantly stopped, recognizing it as thecry of the Broad Winged Hawk. Thestream was lined with beautiful Hem-lock at this place and I soon saw asuspicious looking dark mass about 40feet up in a Hemlock on the very edgeof the stream. As I started to ascendboth Hawks soared about and finally 30 THE OOLOGIST. Nest and Eggs of hed bellied Hawk swin;inr^ in vin:~, Escondido, California — by J. B. Dixon 1 THE OOLOGIST 31 perched in the top of a tree acrossthe stream, uttering their plaintiffcries. As I lool\^ed over the edge ofthe nest I shall never forget the pic-ture—there lay two of the most hand-some Hawks eggs I have ever seen ona bed of green Hemlock sprays, whilebelow the mountain stream roared onits way through a mass of Rhododen-dron and Hemlocks. The nest was ap-parently built up on an old crowsnest and was built of sticks, chips ofbark, twigs and as has beensaid, lined with green Hemlock. Theeggs were incubated about three days. In 1913 I found another nest con-taining two eggs in the same woods,on May 26th, but the nest was aboutfifty feet up in a hard wood, thoughnear the stream. Another nest I found with a singleyoung Hawk was very peculiarlyplaced, being built in a dead YellowBirch along a mountain stream nearmy Ravens nest. Though a regularbreeder in the
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