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were sparingly covered with scattered groves of "cedar," piflon, and 

 "mountain mahogany," while the summits of the mountains were for the 

 most part bare and rocky, but not sufficiently liigh to retain snow during 

 summer, their elevation ranging from 8,000 to 10,000 feet. The birds' 

 found at this locality during our stay were the following: — 



Turdus migratorius Abundant. 



Ciuclus tiR-xiciiniis Common. 



Kegiilus c;ileii(lula Common. 



Eegulus satrapa Rare. 



Sialia arctica Abundant. 



Salpiiictes obsok-tiis Abundant. 



Psiiltiipanis pUinilH'us Abundant. 



Anthiis iuddviciaiuis Hare. 



UfliiiintLiuphaga celata Abundant. 



rit'hniiitliophii^a liitescens.iiJrtre. 



Di'iidrceca aiiduboni Abundant. 



M.yiodioctes piisillus Abundant. 



Lauivireo solitaiius Rare. 



Laiiiviroo cassiiii Rare. 



C"ari)()(lacu8 frontalis Common. 



Zuiioti'icliia coioiiata One ni'ccimen, 



Zonotrichia iutcnuedia Veryabund't. 



Jnnco oregonus Very abundH. 



Melospiza (allax Very abund't. 



Mclospiza guttata Very rare. 



Passerculus alaudliius Common. 



Pipilo oictfoims Rare. 



I'ipdo int'galonyx Common. 



Scolecoplia}?ii8 cyaiiocepba- 



lus Very abund't. 



Agelaeus pliuiiiiceus Common. 



Agelaens gnbernator Rare. 



Icterus Imllocki Rare. 



Sturm-Ua iietjlecta Common. 



Pica hiidsonica Abundant. 



Cyanocitta woodboiisii . . . Common. 



Corvus caiiiivonis Common. 



Ereuiopliila alpestris Common. 



Sayoniis say us Common. 



Empidoiiax obscurus Rare. 



Colaptt's iiiexicaiius Common. 



Golaptes auratnsf One specimen. 



Nisus cooperi Rare. 



Zenaedura caroliiieiisis Rare. 



Ceutrocercus urophasianus. A'are. 



The most abundant of these was tlie Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. 



24. Toyabe Mountains, near Austin (July 2-5, 1868). — On the western 

 slope of this lofty range, near its northern extremity, at an altitude of 

 about 6,500 feet, our camp was established in a canon adjoining the out- 

 skirts of the above-named town. The canons and principal ravines in this 

 neighborhood were well watered by brooks and rivulets, whose course was 

 followed by shrubbery from their sources to the valleys. At the heads of 

 these canons extensive copses of small aspens and choke-cherry bushes 

 prevailed, while 2,000 feet below, or near our camp, thrifty bushes of 

 JSymphoricarpus montanus were the predominating growth. Con-esponding in 

 altitude with the aspens, were scant groves of stunted mountain mahogany, 

 growing upon the summits or ridges of the mountains; but on the lower 

 slopes a thin wood of cedar and pinon prevailed. In sight, to the south- 



