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Totanus melanoleucus : Greater Yellow-leg's. Rare. 



Totanus Jiavipes : Yellow-legs. Tolerably common. 



Symphemia semipalmata inornaiu : Western Willet. Common migrant. 



Bartramia longicauda: Bartramian Sandpiper. Not common. 



Actitis macularia : Spotted Sandpiper. Common ; breeds. 



JV/////P//M/.S- longirostris : Long-billed Curlew. Common migrant. 



Squatarola squatarola : Black-bellied Plover. Rare. 



Charadrius dominions : Golden Plover. Rare. 



^EgiaUtis vocifera : Killdeer. Common ; breeds. 



^Egiulitis semipalmata : Semipalmated Plover. Rare. 



^Egicditis indoda circumcincta : Belted Piping- Plover. Rare. 



jiEgialitis nivosa : Snowy Plover. Rare. 



^Egialitis montana : Mountain Plover. Common. 



Zenaidura macroura : Mourning' Dove. Common : breeds. 



Catkartes aura : Turkey Vulture. Rare. 



Accipiter velox : Sharp-shinned Hawk. Tolerably common. 



Accipiter cooperii : Cooper Hawk. Not common. 



Buteo borealis calurus : Western Red-tail. Not common. 



Buteo swainsoni : Swainson Hawk. Tolerably common. 



Archibuteo ferrugineus : Ferruginous Rough-leg'. Common. 



Haliceetun leucocephalus : Bald Eagle. Rare. 



Falco mexicanus : Prairie Falcon. Common. 



Falco jjeregrinus anatum : Duck Hawk. Rare. 



Falco sparverius : Sparrow Hawk. Common ; breeds. 



Pandion haliattu* carolinensis : Osprey. Not common. 



Asio wilsonianus : Long-eared Owl. Common. 



Asio afcipitrinus : Short-eared Owl. Rare. 



Nyctala acadica : Saw-whet Owl. Not common. 



Nyctea nyctea : Snowy Owl. Rare. 



fyeotyto cunicularia hypogcea : Burrowing Owl. Common ; breeds. 



Ceryle alcyon: Belted Kingfisher. Tolerably common. 



Sphyrapicus thyroideus : Williamson Sapsucker. Rare. 



Melanerpes erythrocephalus : Red-headed Woodpecker. Tolerably com- 

 mon. 



Melanerpes torquatus : Lewis Woodpecker. Occasional visitor. 



Colaptes cafer collaris : Red-shafted Flicker. The most common wood- 

 pecker. 



Phakenoptilus mtttaUii : Poor-will. Not common. 



Chordeiles virginianns henryi : Western Nighthawk. Common. 



Selaspkorus platycercus : Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Not very common. 



Selaspliorus ritfus: Rufous Hummingbird. Not very common. 



Tyrannus tyruiimis : Kingbird. Common; breeds. 



Tyrannus verticalis : Arkansas Kingbird. Most common kingbird; 

 breeds. 



Tyrannus vociferans : Cassin Kingbird. Not common. 



Myiarchus cinerascens : Ash-throated Flycatclier. Rare. 



Contopus borealis : Olive-sided Flycatcher. Not common. 



Contopus richardsonii : Western Wood Pewee. Tolerably common. 



Empidonax trail! ii : Traill Flycatcher. Rare. 



Empidonax minimus : Least Flycatcher. Tolerably common. 



Pica pira hudsonica : Magpie. Rare in the city. 



Cyanocitta stelleri diademata : Long-crested Jay. Rare in the city. 



Nucifraga columbiana : Clarke Nutcracker. Autumnal flocks of young 

 tolerably common. 



Cyanocepkalus cyanocephalus : Pinon Jay. Regular autumn visitor, some- 

 times wintering. 



