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Common in Santa Fe and })robal)ly in all other towns of New 

 Mexico. It is found usually about houses that are siuTounded by 

 trees and near an open supply of water. Tliis leads one to wonder 

 whether it chd not inhabit El Rito de los Frijoles when the canyon 

 was teeming ^\dth human inhabitants. McCall reported it at Santa 

 Fe long ago, and also reported Carpodacus ohscurus Nobis and 

 described Oavpodacus familiaris from the same place.' These may 

 both be safely referred to frontalis. 



Astragalinus psaltria psaltria (Say). Arkansas Goldfinch. 

 Tliis tiny bird was abundant especially among the sunflowers — one 

 of the most abundant birds in the canyon of El Rito de los Frijoles. 



(Jliondestes grammacus strigatus Swainson. Western Lark 

 Sparrow. 

 A few were seen by us in the open fields at the foot of the Jemez 

 Mountains, near the old Buckman sawmill. McCall - reported it on 

 the plains near Santa Fe. 



? QwoJte. 



Spizella hrev^eri Cassin. Brewer's Sparrow. 

 Very common in the canyon of El Rito de los Frijoles and elsewhere. 

 Reported at Santa Fe by Henshaw.^ 



? 



Junco phseonotus dorsalis Henry. Red-backed Junco. 

 Abundant from base to top of Jemez Mountains, near the head- 

 waters of El Rito de los Frijoles, June 19 and 20, 1910. The gray- 

 headed junco (Junco phseonotus caniceps [Woodhouse]) probably also 

 nests in the liigher mountains of the region, and several species prob- 

 ably winter there. Our Indian informants recognized pictures and 

 descriptions of juncoes as winter visitors, but were not aware that 

 any species summered in the region. 



1 



Melospiza melodia montana Ilenshaw. Mountain Song Sparrow. 

 Probably it was this species, then undescribed, found by Kennerly * 

 at Pueblo Creek, near Taos, and recorded as M. fallax. 



Pipilo maculatus montanus Swarth. Spurred Towhee. 

 A few were seen in tlie canyon and on the mesa at El Rito de los Fri- 

 joles, but the species is not common. Recorded by Kennerly^ under 



1 MeCall, George A., op. cit., pp. 219-20; also Note on Carpodacus frontalis Sav, with Description of a 

 New Species of the Same Genus, from Santa Fe, N. Mex., Proc. Acod. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, p. (SI, 1854. 



2 Ibid., p. 218. 



3 Henshaw, H. W., op. cit., p. 280. 



4 Kennerly, C. B. R., op. cit., p. 29. 

 6 Ibid., p. 30. 



