January 1874 137 Jan. 1-14 The weather has been for the most part mild. The snow that came in Dec. lasted only a few days into the new year; the ground has since been bare up to yesterday (13th) when we had another fall of about a foot. Juncos and Bugulus saturatus still continue about. W. D. Scott returned from S. P. on the 9th. He found Siskin plentiful in abundance; also observed numbers of Brim willows there. But one day last week a man in Godale's, who is a professional falconer and who gave me much valuable information concerning the habits of that bird (Coturnix migratorius). He says that all the pigeons in the country (with the exception of straggling pairs & small communities) collect yearly into an immense breeding colony, and that only one such colony can be found at a time in the States. The birds whenever it is disturbed to an excessive extent break up the communi- ty & select a place for another at the distance of 100 or more miles. The largest breeding roast