. The oist . above. This was completelyfilled by the nest, which was built upto a height of a little over 2 feet, thelined nest proper being about 16 inchesin diameter and hollowed out to adepth of about 4 inches. The protographs illustrated in thisarticle are by J. B. Dixon of Escondi-do, Cal., except the one showing thecomparative size of three eggs—thelargest laid by this bird, the averageegg of the Golden Eagle, and a West-ern Red-tail Hawks egg. The platefor which is kindly loaned us by TheCondor, and to Mr. Dixon and , ourselves as well as the read-ers of this article are certai
. The oist . above. This was completelyfilled by the nest, which was built upto a height of a little over 2 feet, thelined nest proper being about 16 inchesin diameter and hollowed out to adepth of about 4 inches. The protographs illustrated in thisarticle are by J. B. Dixon of Escondi-do, Cal., except the one showing thecomparative size of three eggs—thelargest laid by this bird, the averageegg of the Golden Eagle, and a West-ern Red-tail Hawks egg. The platefor which is kindly loaned us by TheCondor, and to Mr. Dixon and , ourselves as well as the read-ers of this article are certainly undermuch obligation. For further information relating tothe eagles of the Escondido country,see The Oologist, Vol. XXIII, pg. 126-9. It is the purpose of Ye Editor some-time in the future to publish a halftone photo of the set of eggs taken inMarch, 1912, above referred to, to-gether with a half tone photograph ofthe nest and eggs in situ and of YeEditor looking into the nest, together THE 00\OGIST 45. : ^ M- *> 46 THE OOLOGIST with the impressions made upon themind of an enthusiastic Oologist of atriumph of this kind.—Editor. An to an illness confining YeEditor to his bed for the first time inmore than twenty years, much of ourornithological and oological corres-pondence has been neglected, and wetender this as an excuse. Being nowon the mend we hope to catch up withthe same in the course of the next fewweeks. Do Birds Return To Old Nests? Whether birds, especially migratoryones, return to the same nests yearafter year is a question of much in-terest to the naturalist. We know thatthe Owls and Hawks will use thesame nest year after year if not dis-turbed. But the smallest birds thatspend the winter in the south—Howare we to know if the same pair re-turns to the nesting place, or even tothe same locality, unless we have some;special mark to recognize them by? Jn looking over my notes I found arecord of a female Purple Grackle thathad only one leg. Th
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