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H. Sonoriensis, (Leconte). — Sonora wood-mouse, Mojave river. 

 Lepus callotis? (Wagler). — Texan hare, Fort Mojave. 



Birds. 



Sphyrapicus mtcJialis, (Baird). — Red-necked Woodpecker, Fort 

 Mojave, one female specimen. 



*S'. williamsonii^ (Baird). — Williamson's Woodpecker, Fort Mo- 

 jave, one male, very rare. 



Colaptes clirysoides, (Baird). — Malherbe's Flicker, Fort Mojave, 

 a male and two females, the first knoivn United States' specimens, 

 rare. 



Panyptila melanoleuca^ (Baird). — White-throated Swift, Cajon 

 Pass, one specimen, the third known to have been ever collected, 

 rare in this State. 



Chordeiles texensis, (Lawrence). — Texas Night Hawk, Fort 

 Mojave and Mojave river, four specimens. 



Tyrannus vociferans, (Swainson). — Cassins' King bird, Coco- 

 raongo Ranch, California, one specimen, common. 



Empidonax traillii, (Baird). — Traill's Fly catcher. Fort Mo- 

 jave and westward, common, two specimens. 



Pyranga aesliva? (Vieill). — Summer Red bird, Colorado Val- 

 ley, common. Differs from eastern specimens only in larger size, 

 and differs v,'holly in color from P. hepatica, as figured in P. R. 

 R. Rep., Vol. X, etc. It seems to agree with specimens from 

 Texas. 



Ampelis garrulus, (Linn). — Large Waxwing, Fort Mojave, one 

 specimen, most south-western locality recorded. 



T^ireo belli, (Aud). — Bell's Vireo, Mojave river. The first found 

 west of Rocky Mountains, common, two specimens. 



Harp>orhynchm lecontii, (Bonaparte). — Le Contes' Thrasher. 

 Deserts along Mojave river, common, two specimens ; the only one 

 ever before obtained was Le Contes'. 



Poojnza bilineata, (Sclater) — Black-throated Sparrow, Fort Mo- 

 jave, common. 



Spizella pallida, (Swainson). — Clay-colored Sparrow, Fort Mo- 

 jave, common in April ; the first found west of the Rocky Mount- 

 ains, 2 specimens. 



Pipilo chlorurns, (Baird). — Blanding's Finch, Fort Mojave, rare, 

 two specimens. 



[Icterus cucullatus, (Swainson). — Hooded Oriole. Many seen 

 in interior valleys near San Bernardino. Obtained in Lower Cali- 

 fornia by J. X ant us.] 



\_Hydrochelida plumhea ? — Short-tailed Tern, or a new species, 



