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Totanus melanoleucus : Greater Yellow-legs. — Rare. 



Totanus Jiavipes : Yellow-legs. — Tolerably common. 



Symphemia semipalmata inornata : Western Willet. — Common migrant. 



Bartramia longicauda : Bartramian Sandpiper. — Not common. 



Actitis macularia : Spotted Sandpiper. — Common ; breeds. 



Numenius longirostris : Long-billed Curlew. — Common migrant. 



Squatarola sqxiatarola : Black-bellied Plover. — Rare. 



Charadrius dominicus : Golden Plover. — Rare. 



^gialitis vocifera : Killdeer. — Common ; breeds. 



JEgialitis semipalmata : Semipalmated Plover. — Rare. 



JEgialitis meloda circumcincta : Belted Piping' Plover. — Rare. 



^gialitis nivosa : Snowy Plover. — Rare. 



j^gialitis montana : Mountain Plover. — Common. 



Zenaidura macroiira : Mourning- Dove. — Common ; breeds. 



Cathartes aura : Turkey Vulture. — Rare. 



Accipiter velox : Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Tolerably common. 



Accipiter coojjerii : Cooper Hawk. — Not common. 



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



Buteo swainsoni : Swainson Hawk. — Tolerably common. 



Ardnhuteo ferrugineus : Ferruginous Rough-leg'. — Common. 



Halkeetus leucocephalus : Bald Eagle. — Rare. 



Falco mexicamts : Prairie Falcon. — Common. 



Falco peregrinus anatum : Duck Hawk. — Rare. 



Falco sparverius : Sparrow Hawk. — Common ; breeds. 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis : Osprey. — Not common. 



Asio wilsonianus : Long-eared Owl. — Common. 



Asio accipitrinus : Short-eared Owl. — Rare. 



Nyctala acadica : Saw-whet Owl. — Not common. 



Nyctea nyctea : Snowy Owl. — Rare. 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogma : Burrowing- Owl. — Common ; breeds. 



Ceryie alcyon: Belted King-fisher. — 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. 



rhaUmioptilus nuttallii : Poor-will. — Not common. 



Chordeiles virgimanuf; henryi : Western Nightliawk. — Common. 



Selaspharus platyrerrus : Broad-tailed Hummingbird. — Not very common. 



Selasphorus rufus: Rufous Hummingbird. — Not very common. 



Tyrannus tyrannus : Kingbird. — Common ; breeds. 



Ti/rannus verticalis : Arkansas Kingbird. — Most common kingbird: 



breeds. 

 Tfirannns voriferans : Cassin Kingbird. — Not common. 

 Myiarchua cinerascens : A.sh-throated Flycatcher. — Rare. 

 ContopHs borealis : Olive-sided Flycatcher. — Not conmion. 

 Couti>{)Hsrirhards(mii : Wpst.Mii Wood Pewee. — Tolerably common. 

 Kmpidonax traillii : Traill Flycatcher. — Rare. 

 Fnipidomix minimus : Least Flycatcher. — Tolerably common. 

 I'icn pica hndsonica : Magpie. — Rare in the city. 

 (■yanocitta stclleri diademata : Long-crested Jay. — Rare in the city. 



Nucifraga Columbiana : Clarke Nutcracker. — Autumnal flocks of young 



tolerably common. 

 Cyanoc'phiihts cyftnoctphalus : Pifion Jay. — Regular .intunin visitor, some- 

 times wintering. 



