. American ornithology for the home and school . Photo by W. D. WOOD. VULTURES EGG IN CAVE. The eggs are laid in Feb. or March, and by May the young birds arewell grown. One which was captured April 24, measured twenty-fourin. from point to point of its wings. If they are not disturbed they willnest in the same place year after year. A young bird was taken from a 168 ORNI71 Pholo by W. D. WOOD. CLIFF SHOWING NESTING CAVE. (Hole above center.) nest in 1890 and another in 1896, from the same nest, but they did notnest there between these dates. The collector who tries to obtain
. American ornithology for the home and school . Photo by W. D. WOOD. VULTURES EGG IN CAVE. The eggs are laid in Feb. or March, and by May the young birds arewell grown. One which was captured April 24, measured twenty-fourin. from point to point of its wings. If they are not disturbed they willnest in the same place year after year. A young bird was taken from a 168 ORNI71 Pholo by W. D. WOOD. CLIFF SHOWING NESTING CAVE. (Hole above center.) nest in 1890 and another in 1896, from the same nest, but they did notnest there between these dates. The collector who tries to obtain these birds has a hard task as usuallythey are far back in the mountains and must be carried on pack horses formiles. Indeed, he is fortunate if, after having found one, it is not sittingon the brink of a precipice, where if shot it would fall to the bottom, manyhundred feet below, and be picked up a worthless mass. It is a fact greatly to be regretted that many hunters make a practice ofshooting these birds whenever an opportunity occurs. They have no usefor the bird, but kill it just because it is a rare one. Arthur Wilcox, Arrovo Grande, Gal. The School Curiosity that you sent us for the fifteen subscrip-tions to American Ornithology was received yesterday. The speci-mens are much nicer than we expected. The sea fans and some of theshells are just beautiful. My scholars are
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