THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 71 



599. Cyanospiza amaiia (Say). — Lazuli Bunting-. Found nesting in thickets 

 of Prunus demissa late in July. Seen also in the Transition but 

 did not breed there. 



604. Spisa americana ((Tmel.). — Dickeissel. Heard several times in alfalfa 



fields. 



605. CaJamospiza melanocorys (Stejn.) — Lark Bunting-. The most abundant 



summer resident of the Hat Creek Basin. Nesting- was at its 

 height on June 18, when out of a dozen or more nests examined 

 all but one were hidden beneath a sage bush. The exception was 

 a nest which the birds had built right in the middle of a thick 

 bunch of cactus (Opimtia pohjacantlia). Out of seven nests exam- 

 ined the male bird was flushed from five. 



616. Riparia riparia (Linn.). — Bank Swallow. Along White River, Craw- 

 ford, May 25. 



652. Dendroica (estiva (Gmel.). — Yellow Warbler. Common breeder in 

 the Basin. 



10Z.,Mimiis pohjglottos (Linn.). — Mockingbird. Mr. Carriker shot both 

 young- and adult mockingbirds on Antelope Creek in the middle 

 of July, and several adults were noted in other places during the 

 summer. 



704, Galeoscoptes caroUnensis (Linn.). — Catbird. A common bird along 

 lower Monroe Creek, where they doubtless breed. 



755. Hylocichla miistelinus (Gmel.). — Wood Thrush. A few were seen on 

 Biehle's Creek, 



The follo-ning species were seen at Crawford, July 28, but were evi- 

 dently migrants: Baird's Sandpiper {Trhif/a bairdii)?. Least Sandpiper 

 (Tringa minutiUa), Solitary Sandpiper (Eelodromas solitariiis) , Yellow- 

 legs (Totanns ffavipes). 



Species restricted to Transition 



332. Accipter velox (Wils.). — Sharp-shinned Hawk, Breeding in the west 



branch of Warbonnet and in Monroe caiions. 



333. Accipiter cooperii (Bonap.).— Cooper's Hawk. A pair nested in War- 



bonnet Cailon late in June. 



337«. Buteo borealis kriderii Hoopes. — Krider's Red-tail. During the last 

 of !May. 1900. a pair of Krider's Red-tail were found nesting on 

 a ledge upon the face of a high cliff in the west branch of Monroe 

 Canon, and in 1901 a pair had a nest in a similar situation in the 

 third caiion west of Monroe. Found also in Upper Sonoran, but 

 breeding restricted to Transition. 



355. Faico mexicanus Schleg. — Prairie Falcon. Nesting on a ledge of rock 

 near the top of Saddle Butte at Crawford, and also on one of the 

 east cliffs of Warbonnet Canon. 



390. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). — Kingfisher. Seen at a beaver pond in Sow- 

 belly Canon. Breeding in Transition questioned. Probably acci- 

 dental. 



39Zd. Dryohates villosus hyloscopus (Cab.). — Cabanis's Woodpecker. Breed- 

 ing in ^^'illow stubs; Warbonnet. Monroe, and Dead ISIan's canons, 



394&. Dryobates pubescens Iwmorus (Cab.).— Bachelder's Woodpecker. Same 

 nesting habits as preceding, but not so common. 



408. Melanerpes torquatus (Wils.). — Lewis's Woodpecker. Nesting through- 

 out the range of Pimis ponderosa — a characteristic bird of the 

 canon sides. 



