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Vol. 4. 



JULY, 1892. 



No. 2. 



COLLECTING IN THE GILA VALLEY. 



BY F. T. PEMBER. 

 ( Continued from page 6. ) 



Looking toward the cloudless sky we see several Turkey 

 Vultures and large hawks floating lazily over its valley, 

 while other hawks may be seen sitting upon dead trees and 

 stubs. I either shot or saAv closely Western Red-tail, Mexi- 

 can Goshawk, Ferruginous Rough-leg, Swainsons, Sparrow 

 and Sharp-shinned hawks, also White-tailed Kite. Have 

 also seen Barn, Long-eared, Short-eared, and Pigmy Owls. 

 On my last visit I felt anxious to secure as many specimens 

 as possible of Leconte's Thrasher, but one seldom gets them 

 even when seen, for they are very wild and on the ground 

 run very fast, acting and looking, if only the back is seen, 

 like the Sage Thrasher. 



After several ineffectual long shots one day, I was return- 

 ing, hot, dusty, and tired to the so-called hotel, by the short- 

 est route across the desert ; it was some time past sundown, 

 and the place was two miles from the river bottom in a very 

 open part of the desert and where I little expected to see a 

 bird of any kind ; but I did see one, runnning from one 

 greasewood bush to another as lively as a quail, and a quick 

 shot at long range, in the dusky twilight, proved effective. 

 I did not then know what it was, and on going to it was de- 



