Arizona silver belt., 1896-12-03
EXTENSIVE EGGS.
Earo Specimens That Command
 Fabulous Prices.
-he Collecting of Birds' Eggs Has Be- come . Fascinating Avocation of People of Wealth and Stu
 dents oE Science.


 the fads of the day the collecting of birds eggs is one thut interests the cultured and wealthy, anu one tiiai n'ay be very eApcnsnei5 InuuiSeu 'i', whiie ituiloius Il ipiiu Ieutrution .u thuiihinds oI ii,,ii> iuuais ui moderate ,..,..ns. hc selentiiic euliectiun of biINs "eo, i''is, lu slaet, DNSuuic ii,scinu,.ne a'ocatoii, anu, rlSntiJ atuu,eu, d po,ss'.' 'o whieh lie sy sysien.at,c stuay oi p,sus, t"s,s pi- oiuaS anu inc iaN s soveih.,.e ',leii ,'o- lu.,on, IS E,isciy iA"ep,eu. "s '.e.'i's'"i- ,,l..ru uy li0 lN ss .,ii atiiU,i,A t.i..n itof. iiuNi,, u.ii,avii, Hno s.cu .u't s,,aly oi tuv ui.rh.iiSs ai.,. .'.',..N VI me ,has oi lue sliee,.s aiuyu a.".o,'',iiy ih Ss,auiisnnS tne c,ose ieia,.oiisnip of Inc i.inii,o,oe lpio,ers) anu tue ua.ioe tbuiis anu ,crus).
 As,ue uoiu its scientihc value, the co,ieet,ns oi u,ius eggs eh..ecs the eii- tnusias, uy me marvellous uneisi'y m SEC, sna,,e anu markings oi tne esSs, titiy pa,n,vu uy nature nerseii oaoorn the iielrst eao,net.
 The ru,,toies, or birds ot prey, are fa>orite ,a,n.iy witn ooios is,s, Ei,Sely from tne enuuruHce. d;,r,.s ana nerve rcYo,si,c n. seai,ns ciitIs a,. io.ty trees tu secure tuc,r eggs, wn,cn a,c often, as li' the casc oi Ia. golucn eagle, ts'au- tiiuiiy niurhed. Iuis gial" v.sI- sell Uuin at,achs the p,unueier oi ns eggs, iuousn n IS unsaie tO angel inc iua- estic uiru N nen its nest eon,aiIis young. ] lie csss ate TWO. and suii,. ,.i..vs three, laipe, una snow gieat ,ar,al,un m the ma, Nii.us oI purpie, ia,eiuef ai,,. ttch- brown, biotcueu or sun used over the surface of the shell. in Cuiiioi ma, Mneie these eagles are most huinefous, luity ihe odh tree IS iivquvnuy se- iecteu us a s,ie Tor the huge nest of sucks, with its hniug or spanisn moss. useu by the bIrus yeai ai.ei gear for generations. X ieuse on a clIn is also conin'on resting place, and uut m Wy oinihg all eagle nUs found Il perfectly safe place to raise its young on the Hat top oi Il gG,,nt rock. The nest ,s ,n piain view, bui is inaccessible.
 Inc As.,.io,iia eondor---a bird with Q sweep oi wiIs ten ieet from tip ro lip, and the largest Dird of n.ghl n the world. not excepting the great Andes conuor--ls speeies oi Ihucn interest 10 ooios,sts from the extreme rarity and saitle of its eggs. 1'his condor is becoming extinct. like the greu, auk; anu, as,i Il i;iu u toI ccast ui ,ts imp, nd- ing uuuiu. II resorts 10 tnc mos, pre- cipuous mountain. where, on some craSRy ahd perhaps inaccessible steep, II deposits its singie egg of pate, green ish Uiue iu q cave. hui seven rggn are known in collections, and the value of one tcohsiuering tnr proDab,iity oi the great birus early eNtinction) is very great. More tnan s,.5uv has been pald for single egg oI the great uuk. of winch itivie are Oo eggs in existence. Anerica can clam twv-onr at kassar college anu one al me acaurmy oi nat urai sci-nce;s in Pn.iaje,pi,ia. The lat- ter collection held tor many years among the rarltles an egg oi Inc Cali lorna condor. but II my steriously dis appearea few years ngo, and il is sup posed some scientiic kl-ptorpaD,ac ure To his own coiirction. where he is Hoiuifip " TOT Fisr m price.
 Infornia,ion as to the nesting habits of thc Ianiornia condor has been ex. ceedlngiy iIiuiteu. and nntii iooy. when an egg Was taken Tor Il. ii. Iayi cd itor of the AIdioiosi ist, no eggs mad been taken since the '5Os. The taxing oi this egg showed me nesting simr to i,r early ln May, and that Dut one egg is aid. he collector secured the great egg alter haZai uous ciiinb uown Il iope, which he had iasiened 10 a bush on the buff above. Inc condor egg was fonnJ iy- ing m hollow m the cave, with U few feathers Tor a nest. The condors had been frlgntened of by the dlschary- of the collector gun. and rtunateIy did not return N hile he VI as m the cave. lie had not come prepared to carry any eggs, but taxing oil ms siiirt he wrapped tue egg III II anu lowered II to The hot tom Of the clIh, uiuiseif following it safely.
 MT. Walter E. Bryant. for many years curator of birds in the California acad- cmy oi scrnces, snowed what q col lector may endure Tor scIence on nil,. of 1T. huauaioupe isianu. iying l5U nl,s of the coast of Lower Caiiiornii. wa. al- most an unhnowp lerri,ory to biisi stu dents, and he determined 10 ,isIi it. The island IS uui.napiteu, anu vessels do noA usually paas near u, so II was sonie tinie Deiore hc managed io se, are passage on ireignt schooner. They landed him with d supply oi provisI,ns, agreeing to return tor hnI m Il week.
 The weeK passed, but the scnouper came not. and Mir. Br, anl rouid h,m- self narOoDed lie mad collected i, ,:,, ,ye lot of rare speciniens. and discovered several new spec,es of b,rds From never having seen the faceo man, many of the bIrus could ue ca,ig,u bo hand. Deigilttui as the iocatIou uus Tor inc tntnusiasiic ornithoiOgisi. the vanished supply oi provisions made n,s position on lonely lsiand unen, tie was reduced to dining on sheiinsh and sue h birds as hr could secure, anu ,iid moi -s- cape to tine mainland rntn three weeks afterward, when the schooner rptt, ned to the island and took od the na ur:, list and his specincns.
 ! ne neais oI nearly all birds nre most interesting. and i'll them the biologist tinds much io study and admire. ti om the tiny. !ichen-co,rred. downy home oi that fa,ry. the nunimIng uird. to the gguntic siI ucture of the hsh hawk, or osprey. One of the most curin,,s of nests is that of the CaI,fornIa b,i,shfit, cunDing,y woven of moss. down and lichen. IL IS pensile. like a long purse, with tiny round entrance hole near the top for the bird. winch IS not one tenth as large as it's wonderful nt,st.- san Francisco Examiner.
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