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

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

 by Henshaw.^ 



Catherpes mexicanus conspersus Ridgway. Canyon Wren. 

 Common along all the canyon cHffs 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. 



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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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Sitta pygmsea 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. 



Bseolojjlius inornatus griseus (Ridgw&j). Gray Titmouse. 

 Very common among the pinon 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 ''about one day's journey west of 

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

 saw no long-tailed chickadges {Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis 

 [Harris]). 



Myadestes townsendi (And.). Townsend's Solitaire. 

 Common in the canyon at Painted (^ave, 5 miles or more soutli of 

 El Rito de los Frijoles. 



Hylocichla fusee scens salicieola 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 .^ 



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Planesticus migratorius propinquus (Ridgway). Western Robin. 

 Common in the canyons and in the mountains. 



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



