448 Bailey, Summer Birds of San Miguel County^ N. M. [q"j 



Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee. — Common June 25 

 in the scrub live oak and pines on the top of Mesa del Agua de la Yegua, 

 and also in the juniper belt west of Pecos. 



Guiraca caerulea lazula. Western Blue Grosbeak. — Seen July 2 

 and II, and August 36, in the junipers between Ribera and Glorieta. 



Calamospiza melanocorys. Lark Bunting. — A male was seen June 

 24 on the plains between Lopazville and Cabra Springs in the central 

 part of the county. If this was a breeding record it would extend the 

 breeding range southward from Colorado. From August 29 to September 

 I, a mile north of Las Vegas, small flocks were frequently seen passing 

 over, and numbers were flushed from the fences. 



Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. — Found in the yellow 

 pines in the Pecos Mountains and their foothills in the breeding season, 

 and one was found at the foot of Bernal Mesa on August 27. 



Piranga hepatica. Hepatic Tanager. — Found in the yellow pines 

 of mesa tops — on June 25, a pair on Mesa del Agua de la Yegua, and 

 August 27, two males and two or three females on Bernal Mesa. The 

 Mesa del Agua record is a slight extension of range. 



Hirundo erythrogaster. Barn Swallow. — Seen frequently about Mex- 

 ican adobes. One was found June 29 nesting under the eaves of a house 

 at Gallinas Springs. 



Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. White-rumped Shrike. — A 

 shrike was seen on June 20 at its nest in a forestiera tree by the Rio 

 Concha in the central part of the county-. On September i, two were 

 seen on telegraph poles a few miles north of Las Vegas. 



Vireo gilvus swainsoni. Western Warbling Vireo. — Foimd breed- 

 ing in the Pecos Mountains. 



Helminthophila celata. Orange-crowned Warbler. — Taken in the 

 Pecos Mountains in July. 



Helminthophila celata lutescens. Lutescent Warbler. — Taken in 

 the Pecos Mountains in August. 



Dendroica nigrescens. Black-throated Gray Warbler. — One 

 taken three miles south of Pecos, July 3, when singing among the nut 

 pines and junipers. 



Geothlypis tolmiei. Macgillivray Warbler. — Taken in the Pecos 

 Mountains July 15. 



Icteria virens longicauda. Long-tailed Chat. — Seen June 30 to July 

 2 in the Pecos bottoms from La Cuesta to Ribera. 



Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. — Found in the 

 Pecos Mountains. 



Oroscoptes montanus. Sage Thrasher. — Two seen August 27 in 

 the junipers near Ribera. 



Mimus polyglottos leucopterus. Western Mockingbird. — Found in 

 the Lower Sonoran zone in the south central part of the county. A nest 

 containing young was found June 26 in a cactus tree {Opiintia arborescens) 

 along the Concha. 



