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64. Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. — A common sum- 

 mer resident and breeder. First arrivals March 3, 1908, and March 11, 

 1909. 



65. Icterus bullocki. Bullock's Oriole. — A not uncommon summer 

 resident, breeding at Sahda. 



66. Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer's Blackbird. — A very com- 

 mon summer resident, "nesting and raising young in every bush or willow 

 patch, usually around swamps" (Frey). 



67. Hesperipbona vespertinus montanus. Western Evening Gros- 

 beak. — Frey saw two in SaUda in January, 1908. 



68. Carpodacus cassini. Cassin's Finch. — A winter resident or 

 visitor breeding somewhat liigher in the mountains in the neighborhood. 

 Frey says he saw but few of these birds about Salida the winter of 1908-9 

 which was unusually severe. 



69. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis. House Finch. — A common 

 summer resident and breeder about the town, but does not spend the 

 winter there as it does at the lower altitudes. 



70. Loxia curvirostra stricklandi. Mexican Crossbill. — A small 

 flock was seen in the winter of 1908-9. 



71. Leucosticte tephrocotis. Gray-crowned Rosy Finch. — Rosy 

 Finches were unusually abundant about Salida the winter of 1908-9, wliich, 

 as stated above was very severe, and especially so in the higher mountains 

 where these birds usually stay. Frey says in Ms notes: "Thousands of 

 these birds were here at all times during the winter. Every snow that 

 came would drive them down to the valleys; when the south hills became 

 bare they would split up in small bunches and scatter and climb up as the 

 snow receded. I have taken all four varieties from a single bunch, and 

 might say at a single shot. They seemed to be all varieties together, and the 

 Gray-crowns were most plentiful, with Brown-caps a close second, and about 

 one in four or five would be Hepburn's, and a very few black ones. These 

 birds fed almost entirely on the tumbleweed (Russian thistle) seeds, 

 and their throats and crops were literally crammed with them." 



72. Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis. Hepburn's Rosy Finch. — 

 As noted above, about twenty percent of the Rosy Finches taken by Frey 

 were this form. 



73. Leucosticte atrata. Black Rosy Finch. — Only two or three of 

 the large number of Rosy Finches taken by Frey were tliis species. 



74. Leucosticte australis. Brown-capped Rosy Finch. — While this 

 species is a summer resident in this State above timberline, in winter it 

 seems somewhat less numerous tlxan the Gray-crowned, which is only a 

 winter visitant. My own observations made elsewhere agree with Frey's 

 on this point. 



75. Acanthis linaria. Redpoll. — Frey states that several flocks were 

 about Salida the winter of 1908-9, feeding, like the Rosy Finches, on the 

 tumbleweed seeds. 



76. Astragalinus tristis. Goldfinch. — A resident; breeds, but is not 

 very common. 



