April 6. In the morning O.W. Howard was up long before dawn-rise, and went for a walk to see what he could find. He had gone but a short distance from the wagon when he flushed a Gambel's Quail from a nest containing ten eggs. The nest was an old Thrasher's nest, in Candle Cartus, about four feet from the ground. He left it undisturbed, as he wished to secure the parent bird with the set. In about two hours he returned and shot the female as she flew from the nest. What was his surprise to find that the bird had laid another egg while he was away. Upon dissecting her, however, the set was found to be complete. During the day several sets of Palmer's and Bendire's Thrasher and two sets of Plumbeous Gnateatchers were taken. Will and I examined a nest of Red-tail Hawks, which contained two very young birds. They were queer looking things with their white down, and huge abdomens. There was a great difference in its size, one being a third larger than the other. We saw many flocks of Dark Buntings, and a great many Sparrow Hawks. The Sparrow Hawks seemed to be feeding on the grasshoppers, which were swarming on all sides. In the evening we camped near a cattle ranch. There were many dead cattle around and near them, we saw two birds which were probably Caracaras. We were unable to get a shot at them. April 7. At noon one of the horses became so badly foundered that we had to stop until late in the afternoon, when he became sufficiently strong to stagger on till we reached a railroad section house and found we were about six miles from Tucson. The grain we bought at Florence was poorly crushed and was