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3. Oreoscoptes montanus (Towns.) Sage-Thrasher; Mountain-Mocker. 



Quite numerous in the vicinity of Fort Wingate, N. Mex., where as 

 elsewhere its favorite abode was the sage-brush plains. Here Dr. New- 

 berry, jr., found a nest July 14, containing eggs just ready to be hatched. 

 The nest was as usual a large bulky structure of sticks and twigs, 

 lined with fine rootlets, and placed in the top of a sage-bush. The 

 species was met with at various localities along our route. In the fall 

 it is not unusual to find small companies of from five to ten associating 

 together. They are nearly always shy and suspicious of the presence 

 of man. 



4. Harporynclius crissaUs Henry. Red- vented Thrasher. 



This was by no means an uncommon species in the canons at the 

 base of Mount Turnbull, eight miles west of old Fort Goodwin, Ariz. 

 It frequented the brush along the canon-sides, and it was only after 

 much trouble that I succeeded iu obtaining a single specimen. A sec- 

 ond's glimpse, as it darted far ahead from some low bush into the thick 

 brush, was usually the only proof to be had of its presence. I judge it 

 to be generally, but sparingly, distributed in this part of Arizona, and 

 perhaps the southeastern part of New Mexico, as on several occasions 

 in the mezquite-covered plains along the Gila River, I saw a few curve- 

 billed thrushes, which were most likely of this species. 



Iris brown 5 bill black; feet plumbeous-brown. 



-">. Mimus polyglottus (L.) Mocking-bird. 



I procured a young bird of this species at Inscription Eock, N. Mex., 

 IVo.n among half a dozen others, and a few were afterward seen on the 

 road to Apache, Ariz. They were very shy and restless. Said to be 

 a common summer-resident of Arizona. (Cones.) 

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