1 88 General Notes. [ A A p ^ 



Society and it is now mounted in their collection at the State Capitol 

 in Denver. 



Junco montanus. — This new species was described by Mr. Ridgway 

 about a year ago. He writes: "In our somewhat extensive series of 

 Junco montanus, I find only one specimen from Colorado. This is a 

 female, No. 109,943, U. S. N. M., collected at Pueblo, Oct. 29, 1S86, by 

 C. W. Beckham. There are several examples from New Mexico and 

 Arizona; one from Fort Clark, Texas, two from El Paso, and one from 

 the Sierra de los Patagone, Mexico. All are fall and winter birds." — 

 W. W. Cook, Fort Collins, Col. 



Some Additional New Mexican Birds. — In ' The Auk,' for October, 

 1S9S, Mr. W. I. Mitchell gives a list of the birds found by him in San 

 Miguel County, New Mexico, during the summer of 1S98. I spent about 

 four months each summer in 1S96 and 1897 at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, 

 about 1S0 miles west and 200 miles south of where Mr. Mitchell conducted 

 his observations, and give below a list of the birds found there which 

 were not found by Mr. Mitchell in the vicinity of Las Vegas. These lists 

 will tend to show that the boundary line of the range of some of the 

 species mentioned comes between the two localities. The time I spent 

 in New Mexico during the two summers ranged from the end of May 

 to the middle of November, so that I was a little late for the breeding 

 season, and it is probable that many of the birds which I do not give as 

 breeding are really breeders in that locality. 



The military reservation of Fort Bayard is a square, four miles each 

 way, lying between the Black Range and the Santa Rita Mountains, and 

 has an elevation of 6700 feet. The country is hilly and has no streams 

 so large but what they dry up during the dry season, which lasts from 

 September until July. Eighteen miles from the post is the Mimbres 

 River. The climate and vegetation are the same as that described by 

 Mr. Mitchell. 



1. Callipepla squamata. Scaled Partridge. — Abundant, staying 

 especially in the patches of cactus. Breeds, and I was told it is resident. 



2. Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. — Rare. 



3. Falco sparverius deserticolus. Desert Sparrow Hawk. — Fairly 

 common, replacing the Sparrow Hawk, of which I saw none. 



4. Geococcyx californianus. RoadRunner. — Abundant, feeding prin- 

 cipally on insects. Found breeding late in May. 



5. Dryobates villosus hyloscopus. — Fairly common wherever the 

 trees are of a large size. 



6. Dryobates scalaris bairdi. Texan Woodpecker. — Moderately 

 common. 



7. Antrostomus vociferus macromystax. Stephens's Whip-poor- 

 will. — Uncommon. Found them breeding the middle of July, laying 

 two eggs on the bare ground. 



