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One taken by us on the rim of the Rio Grande Canyon below the 

 mouth of El Rito de los Frijoles. Reported abundant at Santa Fe 

 by Henshaw. 1 



Gather pes mexicanus conspersus Ridgway. Canyon Wren. 

 Common along all the canyon cliffs of this region. The song of the 

 male, usually of about seven loud, ringing notes descending the scale, 

 makes it the most noticeable of the wrens. 



Troglodytes aedon parkmani Audubon. Western House Wren. 

 Common in the canyons and on the mesas. 



Sitta carolinensis nelsoni Mearns. Rocky Mountain Nuthatch. 

 Common on the mesas and in the mountains. We saw none in the 

 canyons cutting the mesas. 



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Siita pygrnxa pygmsea Vigors. Pygmy Nuthatch. 

 Abundant in the canyons, on the mesas, and in the mountains. 

 This tiny species was everywhere to be found in numbers among the 

 pines. 



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Bseolophus inornatus griseus (Ridgway). Gray Titmouse. 

 Very common among the pifion pines and cedars on the mesas. 



Penthestes gambeli gambeli (Ridgway). Mountain Chickadee. 

 Very abundant in the canyons, on the mesas, and in the mountains. 

 The type locality for this species is &quot; about one day s journey west of 

 Santa Fe,&quot; which would be not far from El Rito de los Frijoles. We 

 saw no long-tailed chickadees (Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis 

 [Harris]). 



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Myadestes townsendi (Aud.). Townsend s Solitaire. 

 Common in the canyon at Painted Cave, 5 miles or more south of 

 El Rito de los Frijoles. 

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HylociMa fuscescens salicicola Ridgway. Willow Thrush. 

 A pair raised a brood at El Rito de los Frijoles in 1910. Recorded 

 also from Pueblo Creek, near Taos Pueblo, in 1904, by Mrs. Bailey. 2 



Planesticus migratorius propinquus (Ridgway). Western Robin. 

 Common in the canyons and in the mountains. 



1 Henshaw, H. W., op. cit., p. 180. 2 Bailey, Florence Merriam, op. cit., pp. 317-18. 



