. The oist . feetfrom the ground, in a small oak nearthe top of the ridge, about midway be-tween my two pairs of nests. Thisevidently had been a very old nest andprobably had not been very much oc-cupied, for the foundation sticks werew^ell rotted out and, except for the re-built super-structure, was rather frailand shaky. This was found by Mr. Dixon who got a fine set of 3 fromit, all very large. This is nest No. 6. In 1911 the nest No. 3 was agaiaprepared, but the birds went back toNo. 6 where Mr. Dixon got anotherset of two. The nature of the countryis very well shown in the photograph
. The oist . feetfrom the ground, in a small oak nearthe top of the ridge, about midway be-tween my two pairs of nests. Thisevidently had been a very old nest andprobably had not been very much oc-cupied, for the foundation sticks werew^ell rotted out and, except for the re-built super-structure, was rather frailand shaky. This was found by Mr. Dixon who got a fine set of 3 fromit, all very large. This is nest No. 6. In 1911 the nest No. 3 was agaiaprepared, but the birds went back toNo. 6 where Mr. Dixon got anotherset of two. The nature of the countryis very well shown in the photographof this nest which appear in The Oolo-gist of August 15th, 1911, in which apaper by Mr. Dixon on these Eaglesappears. The hill is very steep and risesabout SOO feet from the bottom of thecanyon, and is covered with very highbrush, in places almost too dense andthick for anything but a coyote orjackrabbit to penetrate. The outlookfrom this nest is very fine. Last season, 1912, although my No. THE OOLOGIST 3». O 40 THE OOLOGIST 3 nest showed evidence of having beenfussed over a little it was abandoned,as were all the nests in the uppercanon and the birds moved away. InMarch we were honored, and it isneedless to say pleased by a visitfrom the editor of The Oologist, whostopped over for a couple of days onthe way overland from Los Angeles toSan Diego. He promised to stop againon his return, so Mr. Dixon and , who, though not an orni-thologist, is considerable of an enthu-siast, and remarkably well posted inmatters ornithological, got busy. Act-ing on some information obtained froma Mexican rancher, a systematic twodays search was made of a sectionof country not hitherto explored by uswith the result of the discovery oftwo more very old and long abandon-ed nests in oak trees and other newlyrebuilt nest, also in an oak, where afew days later Mr. Barnes had thepleasure of gazing on his first set ofGolden Eagles eggs in situ. This neslwas about 30 feet from the ground;the tr
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