. The oist . ting thatthe nest is usually lined with feath-ers. It contained four very slightlyincubated eggs. I am certain that itwas a homed lark, but am not positiveof the exact species. Is it not ratherlate for the nesting of a homed larkin this part of the state? I will bevery thankful to anyone giving the de-sired information. Owen J. Du Lac, Wis. No, it is not unusually late.—Editor. One On Us. In the June issue, we published(Page 113) a half tone of a MourningDoves nest with a young bird andegg. This was labeled Nest and Eggs We have recently added to our col-lection a perfe
. The oist . ting thatthe nest is usually lined with feath-ers. It contained four very slightlyincubated eggs. I am certain that itwas a homed lark, but am not positiveof the exact species. Is it not ratherlate for the nesting of a homed larkin this part of the state? I will bevery thankful to anyone giving the de-sired information. Owen J. Du Lac, Wis. No, it is not unusually late.—Editor. One On Us. In the June issue, we published(Page 113) a half tone of a MourningDoves nest with a young bird andegg. This was labeled Nest and Eggs We have recently added to our col-lection a perfect set of four eggs ofthe extremely rare Great Gray Owl(Scotiaptex nebulosa nebulosa) takenin Alaska very near the Arctic authentic sets of eggs of thisbird are exceedingly rare in collec-tions, and of course we prize the addi-tion very much. The OoLOGisT. Vol, XXXII. No. 5. Albion, N. Y. Aug, 15, 1914. WntiLE No. 828 Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, X. Y., and Laoon, Gulls of the Great Salt Lake 146 THE OOLOGIST Glimpses of Bird Life in Mrs. Antwonet Treganza Wonderful are the hosts of feathered creatures that live everywhereabout us, a few miles from our verydoor. If Utah had a sea coast, shecould boast of more birds than anyother state in the Union; but, evenwithout a coast, she lays claim tosome two hundred and ten species thathave actually been found breedinghere. There are many others; for thevarying topography attracts widelydifferent species. The great long val-leys that lie between the mountainranges, the rising foothills, the coni-ferous forests of the slopes, and eventhe crowning summits are tenantedwith bird life. Countless thousandsare to be found in the rookeries onthe Islands of the Great Salten Sea,and on that eternity of marsh andslough formed by the Bear River over-flows; over the great waste of alka-li flats, the seemingly barren stretchesof desert, every canyon, every greenfield—in fact, there is hardly an
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