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the only one noted. I had expected to find some few breeding in 

 the Valley as I have seen old nests there, 



63. Icterus cucuLLATUS Swains. {Hooded Oriole). Rare: 

 only two obtained. April 21st. at Banning and May 13th. at 

 Yuma. 



64. Icterus bullocki (Swains.). [Biillock''s Oriole). Com- 

 mon. Was seen at all places. Breeds commonly north of the Col- 

 orado Desert. 



65. ScoLEcoPHAGUS c YANOCEPiiALUs (Wagl.). [Brc'iver''s 

 Blackbird). Common everywhere near water and in fields. 



66. Carpodacus PURPUREUS CALiFORNicus Baird. {Cal- 

 ifornia Purple Finch). Three were taken in Cohuilla Valley. 

 Thev are a rare Winter resident this far south. 



67. Carpodacus frontalis (Say). {House Finch). A 

 nest of this bird was found in Cohuilla Valley April 5th. It con- 

 tained three young. The stomach of one which was shot contained 

 small, half formed seeds. A male taken in Bear Valley June nth. 

 was in full song, but the song seemed different from anything I had 

 previously heard. It is a common bird with us.* 



6"$). Spinus tristes (Linn.). {Atnerican Goldfinch). A 

 pair was taken at San Bernardino May 17th. 



69. Spinus psaltria (Say). {Arkansas Goldjinch). Com- 

 mon in the Cohuilla Valley. They are gregarious, but the flocks 

 are small. 



70. Spinus lawrexcei (Cass.). {Lazvrence's Goldjinch). 

 Not common in any locality visited. Noted from Cohuilla Valley 

 April i2th. and 15th. and Bear Valley June 22nd. 



71. Spinus pinus (Wils,). {Pine Siskin). A pair w^as 

 taken April 12th. in Cohuilla Valley. 



72. Ammodramus sandwichexsis alaudinus (Bonap.). 

 ( Western Savanna SfarrovS). Only two of this species were 

 noted. One, a ^5, in Cohuilla Valley April 3rd. The other a $, 

 between Banning and San Gorgonio April 23rd. This last was 

 moulting. 



73. Chondestes grammacus strigatus (Swains.). ( Wes- 

 tern Lark Sparrow) Common resident. Breeds. 



74. Zonotrichia gambeli (Nutt.). {GainbePs Sparrozv). 

 This species was not found common anywhere, only five specimens 



* I have here inchided var. rhodocolpus, which Mr. Ridg^way informs nie has been decided 

 to be only individual variation. — Ed. 



