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4. Bonasa umbellus umbelloides. Gray Ruffed Grouse. — Common 

 resident, frequenting the heavy undergrowth near the creeks. A nest 

 found on June 10, 1906, contained nine fresh eggs. 



5. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. — Two seen on July 6. 

 Doves are abundant in the sage-brush country but apparently rare in the 

 timber. 



6. Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. — Common all 

 summer. A nest in a cavity of rock, with two small young, was found 

 May 25, 1907. 



7. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Common; breeds. 



8. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper's Hawk. — Very common; breeds. 



9. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tail. — Fairly common. 



10. Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. — Seen several times during 

 the summer. 



11. Falco sparverius phalcena. Desert Sparrow Hawk. — Common 

 all summer. One pair raised a brood in the same tree with a pair of 

 Pileated Woodpeckers. 



12. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. American Osprey. — Seen but 

 once, on June 20, 1906. 



13. Bubo sp. Great Horned Owl. — Notes of Bubo were often heard 

 during the night, but as no specimens were taken the subspecies was not 

 determined. 



14. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — Common; breeds. 



15. Dryobates villosus monticola. Rocky Mountain Hairy Wood- 

 pecker. — Abundant resident in the thick fir and pine groves. 



16. Xenopicus albolarvatus. White-headed Woodpecker. — Com- 

 mon resident, nesting in the tops of dead pines. 



17. Picoides arcticus. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. — Seen 

 but once, May 29, 1906. • 



18. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. Red-naped Sapsucker. — One male 

 taken on April 28, 1906; no more seen until August 2, 1906, when I saw 

 a female and one young. 



(3? 19. Sphyrapicus thyroides. Williamson's Sapsucker. — Common all 

 summer, nesting in the tall pines on the high ridges. 



20. Phloeotomus pileatus abieticola. Northern Pileated Wood- 

 pecker. — Common resident; several nests seen in dead pines, ranging 

 from twenty to seventy feet up. 



21. Asyndesmus lewisi. Lewis's Woodpecker. — Common enough 

 on the edge of the timber but rarely found far from the open plains. 



22. Phalaenoptilus nuttalli. Poor-will. — Mr. A. W. Anthony often 

 heard notes of the Poor-will at Sparta. 



23. Chordeiles virginianus henryi. Western Night Hawk. — Abun- 

 dant summer resident. 



24. Chsetura vauri. Vaux's Swift. — Fairly common during June 

 and July. 



25. Stellula calliope. Calliope Hummingbird. — This beautiful little 



