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vus cryptoleucus Couch) may occur in this region. It was reported at 

 Galisteo, south of Santa Fe, by Goss. 1 



Nucifraga columbiana (Wilson). Clarke s Nutcracker. 

 Several were seen in the Jemez Mountains near Valle Grande, and 

 two in Alamo Canyon, about five miles south of El Bito de los Frijoles. 

 They were above the pinon belt. Gray, with black wings and tail, 

 white patch on wing and white outer tail-feathers, this is a striking 

 bird inflight. McCall 2 found it &quot;in the high pine forests east of 

 Santa Fe and on the Taos Mountain. &quot; 



CyanocepJialus cyanocepJialus (Wied). Pinon Jay. 

 See discussion of this species under Woodhouse s jay (pp. 39-40). 

 McC all s 3 Cyanocorax cassinii is a synonym of this species. 



Xanthocephalus xantliocephalus (Bonaparte). Yellow-headed 



Blackbird . 



Described and reported in the Rio Grande Valley near San Ilde- 

 fonso by our Indian informants, who say they use it for food and 

 that it is seen only in the winter, associated with red- winged black 

 birds. 



Agelaius phwniceus fortis Ridgway. Thick-billed Red-wing( ?). 

 Reported in the Rio Grande Valley by our San Ildefonso Indian 

 informants, who correctly described the differences between the male 

 and the female, and their nesting sites and habits. They said that 

 the birds are eaten by the Tewa. This subspecies may be A. p. neu- 

 tralis Ridgway. 



Carpodacus cassini Baird. Cassin s Purple Finch. 

 Reported by Kennedy 4 on &quot; Pueblo Creek&quot; (probably near Taos), 

 January 22, 1854. We have found no subsequent record, though 

 the species probably occurs regularly in the region in the winter. 

 The creek on which Taos pueblo is situated is called Pueblo Creek 

 above its confluence with Arroyo Hondo; the creek north of which 

 Picuris pueblo lies is called Pueblo Creek above its confluence with 

 Penasco Creek. 



Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis (Say). House Finch. 



1 Goss, Nathaniel S., White-Necked Raven ( Corvus cryptoleucus) in New Mexico, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 vi, p. 118, 1881 . 



2 McCall, George A., op. cit., p. 217. 



3 Ibid., pp. 216-17. 



* Kennedy, C. B. R., Report on Birds Collected on the Route, Zoological Report, No. 3, p. 27, Explor. 

 & Surv.for R. R.from Miss, to Pac. Ocean, U. S. War Dept., x, 1859. 



