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

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

 most i)art bare and rocky, but not sufficiently high to retain snow during 

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

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



Tardus inigratorius Abundant. 



Ciuclus iiK'xicauiis Common. 



Regnhis c;ileiKlula Common. 



Eegulus satrapa Rare. 



Sialia aretica Abundant. 



Salpinctes obsoletus Abundant. 



rsaltiii)atus plumbeus Abundant. 



Anlhtis luiloviciauus Rare. 



Heluiiiitbophaga celata Abundant. 



Heluiiiitbophaga lutescens.fi«re. 



DendrcBca auduboiii Abundant. 



Myiodioctes pusillus Abundant. 



Lauivireo solitarius Rare. 



Lanivireo eassini 



Carpodacus froutalis . . 

 Zouotrichia corouata.. 

 Zoiiotiichia intermedia 

 Jnnco oregoiius. 



. . Bare. 

 . . Common. 

 . . One specimen. 

 . . Very abmuTt. 

 . . Very abundH. 



Melospiza lallax Very abunWt. 



Mclospiza guttata Very rare. 



Passerculus ahiudliui.s Common. 



Pipilo oregouus Rare. 



Pipilo inegalonys Common. 



Scolecopbagus cyanocepba- 



lus Very abundH. 



Agelseus pbceuiceus. Common. 



Agelaeus gubernator Rare. 



Icterus bullocki Bare. 



Sturuella ueglecta Common. 



Pica hudsonica Abundant. 



Cyanocitta woodbousii . . . Common. 



Corvus carnivorus Common. 



Eremopbila alpestris Common. 



Sayoruis say us Common. 



Einpidonax obscurus Bare. 



Colaptes mexicanus Common. 



Colaptes auratus? One .specimen. 



Nisus cooperi Rare. 



Zeatedura caroliueusis Rare. 



Ceutrocercus uropbasiauus. iJare. 



The most abundant of these was the Scolecophagus a/anocephalus. 



24. Toyabe Mountains, near Austin (July 2-5, 18G8). — 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 

 Symphoricarpus montanus were the predominating growth. Corresponding 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- 



