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place also, especially since this flycatcher frequently builds 

 in close proximity to the nests of these hawks, but I could 

 not discover the nest and only the single bird was seen. 

 This species occurs on the Reserve more commonly in mi- 

 gration than at other seasons, and was noted from May to 

 September. 



64. Sayornis sayns (Bonaparte) — Say Phoebe. 



F. M. Chapman reports Say Phoebes as present during 

 early May migration in 1906, but his record is unique. The 

 species breeds north of Halsey along the Niobrara and else- 

 where in the state westward, but does not appear at this 

 locality" except as a migrant. 



65. Myiochancs richardsoni (Swainson) — Western Wood Pee- 



I noted the Western Wood Peewee in 1911 in the shrub- 

 bery along the Middle Loup river, where I saw individuals 

 on August 21 and 28. None were seen during 1912 al- 

 though the birds observed the year before may have bred 

 in the locality during the summer. One specimen, an 

 adult male, was taken on August 21, 1911. This species 

 has been seen along the Dismal river in the neighborhood 

 of Tiled ford and is reported by L. Bri^ner. 



66. Empidonax trailli (Audubon) — Traill Flycatcher. 



Traill Fl^'catchers were seen from May 15 to June 10, 

 1912, and occurred irregularly in August of the preceding 

 year from the 21st to the 31st. A male was taken August 

 21, 1911, and a pair was secured on the 31st of that month. 

 The birds seen in 1911 might have bred in the region, but 

 none were observed during midsummer in 1912. R. H. 

 Wolcott, however, records the breeding of the species in 

 the locality and it may nest in places regularly. The habi- 

 tat frequented by these flycatchers was the plum brush 

 along the river and the undergrowth at the base of the 

 hills, the latter less commonly. 



67. Otocoris alpcstris Icvxolaema (Coues) — Desert Horned 



Lark. 



Desert Horned Jjarks were found to be common in cer- 

 tain situations on the Reserve and undoubtedly bred. A 

 few were seen in the river valley in the plowed fields, but 

 the majority kept to the hills and the largest number were 

 observed at the stock windmills, where the constant tramp- 



