Arizona silver belt., 1896-05-07
EXTENSIVE EGGS.
Earo Specimens That Command
 Fabulous Prices.
Tho Collecting of nsirds' Eggs Has ne- co.aae a Fascinating Av0cAtiOn of People of Wealth ana Stu
 dcnts Of Science.

People Of wealth anu SUI
 dents of sctencc.
 IL is not gencruiiy known thnt among the fuds of the day the collecting of pirts , eggs is One thut lntercstA thc [ ,nitufeu and weultny uuu one tin,, may h, very eApcnsi.eiy ,nunise. n, N me Il ilSSoi,,s d ,,i,iu icvicutton tu tiiots,iiius oi ,,.dN ,uuals ot inosicrute n,c.us. I he Au,vpanc eo,icct,un oi Dnus ssss has, ni iaet, ueeoAie |, ia,cinu...- a,oe.tt tt,af, aau, ,,Su.,. s,nc,.a, n pu. s"i, ,o N hicl ,lIv s, atci..at.e stu,,y oi oiios, tneii Di- i5ioSS anu ,ne i;iMs eosernii.b ,ne,i ,Ao~ llD,,u.., ,s l,iigcly ,u,.ep,e,i, "s ac" i'oal- e,ls. cu uS ,io ivss ,,ii autiiOrtty tlaii tiof. huAi.y u,iusciI, wno snvwca tntt a s,"uy oi tae tiiarhinSs ai,u s,..ie oi Tue ,bss oi tne si,cc,cs a,ucu n.ss,-i.',iiy Ill .s,aoi.sulng tne c.ose reia.io,,siIp of ti,e l.,ia,eu.oe trio,crs) anu tne oasioe tsuiis anu ,eins).
 as,ue lrom Us sc,entiiic value, the conect,ns oi uttus eggs en,,ccs the eii- tnusi;ist py tne marvellous unersiy m s,@c, snape anu h,.,Ihings ol tIe eggs, hAaN pN hasahS hSi Ssih " oNDA a the ricucst c,coiaet.
 he laptoies, or birds of prey, are fa>or,te .a.A,iy witn ooiosss,s, E,geiy from tne endurance, dars,.s ana nerve rcqu,sste ni seai,,,g eiiIis anu ,oity trees to seeuic tAcir esgs, wnich air often, us iii tne ease of t,se goiS.en ,asie. tmau- tiiuiiy marked. 1n,s siunu cugir sel- .onn at,achs the piunueier oI ils .sgs, lauusn Il ,s uusa,e 10 anger the i,a- este uird wnen It's uesl eop,a,lis young. Inc .ass are TWO, and sallictin,cs three, laIge, anu show great ,ariation m the Ina, n,igs oi purlie, ia,enuer and tieh- brown, biotcneu or ilused over the sui lace of the she'll In CaiiioinIa, Nncte these cag irs lre most numerous, Il luiIy ine odh tree IS frequently se- lecteu as sise tor the huge nest of st,ci>s, with lts i,ning oi spanish moss. used by tne birds year aitef year for geiielauous. A leuge on a elm IS also couiniou resting pi,.ce. and out m Wy un,ing an eaglc n.is found perfectly saie place to ralse its young on the Hat top oi a glant rock. The nest IS in piain vIeN. but ,s inaccessible.
 The Iaututnla eoudor--a bird with a sweep oi miug ten feet from up 10 tip, aEd the largest b,rd of flight m the world. not excepting the great Andes couuor--ts stJec,es oI much interest 10 oolog,sts from the eAticlnc rafity and saiue of ,ta eggs. ih,s euEdar is becoming eXtillct. like the great auk. nu,l. l.as ,i Il mad i forecast of ils inilEnd- ing uuOu. it resorts to the uio',i pre- ciptous mountain. whcge, on some claggy anu perhaps IuaceesS .ble steep. it deposits ,ts stilgie egg oi pale. green ish Diue m a cii,e. iut setrn ,'ggs are known m collections. and ,he value ot one tconsdering ine prohabilliy oi the great birds early eNtiBetlon) Is very great. Morc than sl ,50U has been paid for single egg of the great auk. of winch there are Gs eggs ,n existence. AmrricJ eau cialm tMo--ouc ai Nassar college ana one at the academy os nat urai scienees in Philadelphia. The lat ter collection held for m,ny years among the rarItivs an egg of the Cali. lorna eondor, but II my yslerlou~ly dis appeared Il lew years ago. nnd II is sup posed some sclentiiic klep,onapiac thought II no sIn 10 transfer ihr treas- ure 10 his own collection. wlicr. he is holding il for rise in price.
 Information us To the nesting habits Of tiie Iaiaornia condor has been cx. ceedingly iImitcd. and nniii lss9. mi,eu m e2g Was taken for II. k. Taylor, ed ito: Of the Aid.,,ogist, no eggs had been t- egg showed the nesting siIne to i,e early m May. and that but one egg is aid. he collector secured the grrar cgg alter halatdous ciinD flown Il .oie. which he had tastenri 10 & bush on he htuff above. The condors egg nas fom'il iy- ing m hollow m tile cave. with | few feathers for a nest. The coa,.ors had been lrigntene, oil t.y the disclargr of line collector gun. aud fortunately did not return N hhr he was ID the eate. He had not come prepared io carry any eggs. but taking oil ms sllirt he wrapped tne egg m II and lowered if to The liots tom oi the clrn, niniseif following it safely.
 Mir. Walter F. Bryant. for many years curator oi birds in the California ncad- cmS of scirEet,.s, showed what Q col lector may endure Tor scienee on one of his eApeuitions 10 Lower Califci nia. hnaaaioupe island. lying l50 miI,s oif the coast of Lower CaiIforGIa, was al- most an unAnown territory to bird stu dents, and he determined to visit it, he island IS uninuaDlted. and vessels do noi usually pass near II, 50 it was some tune before he managed to se, ure passage on ireight schooner. They landed hm with snppiy oi provisInns, agreeing 10 return for hiln in u week.
 The weea passed, but the schooner came not. and Mir Bryant found him- self marooued. lie had collected n large 10, of rare specimens, aud discovered several new slHcies of biIds From Lever havlng seen The face oi man. many of the birds couid be caught by hand. Delightful as the location was for the enthusiastic orIlltnologist. The vanished supply Of provisions made ms position on lonely island unen, iabie. He was reduced 10 dinnig on sheiifsh and such birds as hc eGuld secure. and oid nni ,s- cape to the mainland until three weeks afterward. N hen the schooner rptti,ped to the island and took df the na turalis, ana his spec,msns.
 l inc nests ot nearly all birds are most interesting. and in them the oolpglst ilnds much 10 study and admire. from the tiny. iichen-coscred. downy home oi That fairy. the huInming bird. to the g g,sahtic sti uctilre of the lish hawk. or osprey, One of the most curinls of nests is that of the California bushtit, cunningiy woven of moss. down and li1.l.na II iak.uxilc ULn I1...1r ........,