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Jan., t9or [ stroke with my gun-barrel, I was sur- prised to see a small bi.rd flit downward and away among the willows, though I had presence of mind to catch her in the farther limit of the "twilight noon" of the s?vamp ?voods. Stooping to examine my prize, I realized that [9en- droica a?tduboni stock ?vas soaring sky- ?vard, and depositing the mortal remains of Mrs. auduboni in my collecting bas- ket, I made haste to ascend a neighbor- ing stem, as I feared the one holding the prize might bend under my weight THE CONDOR length I stood on terra firma below with my treasures safe and sound. In descemling I measured the stem with a two-toot rule, and found the distance from the ground to be eighteen feet. The fork containing the nest was in a main stem, upright, a number of feet belo?v the leaf-bearing part of the tree, so that the nest was expcsed quite fairly to view. The nest is figured in the accompany- ing illustration. It stands two and one- fourth inches in height, and averages Photo b_v Prof. J,l. L Elrod. 2Vest and F?.?gs o/; Mud?tbon' s I?/arb[er and spill the contents of the nest before I reached it. When about half way up to the nest, I had to strap the stem I ?vas climbing to the one containing the nest, and thus with little difficulty I was enabled to reach the prize and gaze into its recesses. Five eggs! My trembling hand could barely transfer them one by one to the cot'.on of the c{l!ecling can, lint at three and (?ne-fourth inches in diameter. The rim of the cavity averages two inches in diameter, and is somewhat smaller than the diameter of the space belo;v. The depth of the cavity is a trifle more than an inch and one-half. The exterior of the nest is made of ccarse iuaterials, such as weed-stems, grasses, and bits of vegetable down. It has a nice lin!ng (f horsehair on soft