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77. Geothlypis tolmiei. MacGillivray's Warbler. — Fairly common 

 in the berry thickets in the caiions, where it doubtless breeds. 



7S. Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. Western Yellow-throat. — 

 Abundant in the brush along Beaver Creek. 



79. Icteria virens longicauda. Long-tailed Chat. — Usually found 

 in the shrubbery at the bottom of small canons. 



80. Setophaga ruticilla. American Redstart. — Fall River Canon, 

 near Hot Springs. 



Si. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Catbird. — Seen but a few times on 

 Beaver Creek. 



82. Harporhynchus rufus. Brown Thrasher. — ^ Breeding on Beaver 

 Creek. 



83. Salpinctes obsoletus. Rock Wren. — The lively notes of this 

 species were frequently heard around the rim rock. 



84. Troglodytes a'e'don aztecus. Western House Wren. — Breeding 

 both at Hot Springs and Newcastle. 



85. Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. — Fre- 

 quently seen in the heavy timber. 



86. Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. — One on Elk 

 Mountain on June S, 1899, and probably breeds there. 



87. Parus atricapillus septentrionalis. Long-tailed Chickadee. — 

 Rather common. 



88. Myadestes townsendii. Townsend's Solitaire.— I saw one of 

 these birds at Hor.seshoe Bend, in the Timber Reserve. 



89. Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni. Olive-backed Thrush. — Hot 

 Springs, May 28, 1899. Several seen. 



90. Merula migratoria. American Robin. — Breeding abundantly at 

 Hot Springs, Edgemont and Newcastle. 



91. Sialia arctica. Mountain Bluebird. — Common at Hot Springs 

 and Newcastle, breeding at the latter place in dead pines, from four to 

 thirty feet above the ground. One nest was found in the barn at the 

 ranch, and contained five highly incubated eggs, on June 4, 1899. 



