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One taken by us on the rim of the Rio Grande Canyon below the 
mouth of El Rito de los Frijoles. Reported abundant at Santa Fe 
by Henshaw. 
peias tte 
Catherpes mexicanus conspersus Ridgway. Canyon Wren. 
Common along all the canyon cliffs of this region. The song of the ° 
male, usually of about seven loud, ringing notes descending the scale, 
makes it the most noticeable of the wrens. 
ppedeclicee , 
Troglodytes aédon parkmani Audubon. Western House Wren. 
Common in the canyons and on the mesas. 
Pix Sa 
Sitta carolinensis nelsoni Mearns. Rocky Mountain Nuthatch. 
Common on the mesas and in the mountains. We saw none in the 
canyons cutting the mesas. 
Pip Sat hes 
Sitta pygmexa pygmea Vigors. Pygmy Nuthatch. 
Abundant in the canyons, on the mesas, and in the mountains. 
This tiny species was everywhere to be found in numbers among the 
pines. 
pte ke ie 
Beolophus inornatus griseus (Ridgway). Gray Titmouse. 
Very common among the pifion pines and cedars on the mesas. 
2 USA hey 6 cares 
Penthestes gambeli gambeli (Ridgway). Mountain Chickadee. 
Very abundant in the canyons, on the mesas, and in the mountains. 
The type locality for this species is ‘‘about one day’s journey west of 
Santa Fe,’’ which would be not far from El Rito de los Frijoles. We 
saw no long-tailed chickadees (Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis 
[Harris]). 
/ iceatet aha 
Myadestes townsendi (Aud.). Townsend’s Solitaire. 
Common in the canyon at Painted Cave, 5 miles or more south of 
El Rito de los Frijoles. 
pil ia 
Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola Ridgway. Willow Thrush. 
A pair raised a brood at El Rito de los Frijoles in 1910. Recorded 
also from Pueblo Creek, near Taos Pueblo, in 1904, by Mrs. Bailey.? 
Q : 
Planesticus migratorius propinquus (Ridgway). Western Robin. 
Common in the canyons and in the mountains. 
1 Henshaw, H. W.., op. cit., p. 180. 2 Bailey, Florence Merriam, op. cit., pp. 317-18. 
