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THREE WESTERN BIRD GROUPS 



other characteristic species were Gambel's Partridge, 

 Mourning and AVhite-winged Doves, Turkey Vulture, 

 Western Red-tail, Roadrunner, Golden-fronted AVood- 

 pecker. Gilded and Red-shafted Flickers, Poor-will {Phalcc- 

 noptilus subsp.), Texas Nightliawk, Arizona Crested Fly- 

 catcher, Scott's Oriole, House Finch, Desert Black-throated 

 Sparrow, Arizona Cardinal, White-rumped Shrike, Canon 

 Wren, Verdin and T^lmnbeous Gnatcatcher. 



Palmer's Thrasher Approaching Nest in Cholla 



The Texas Nighthawk seemed more like a Whip-poor- 

 will than Nighthawk. Its food-flight was comparatively 

 short and rarely twenty feet above the ground. Even less 

 nighthawk-like were its singular, murmuring, humming 

 notes, like the sound of winnowing wings. 



An intimate study of the home-life of the Roadrunner, 



