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ChordeUes texensis (II, 400). D,-. C..opor shot a single specimen of this 

 species near San Biienaveiituin, April 18, 1873. 



Anteostomus carolinensis (II, 410). This species has Leon detected bv 

 Mr. ItKlgway in Southern Illinois (Wabash County), where it is a rare siu.unJr 

 sojourner. 



PanyptUa melanoleuca (fl, 424). Dr. Cooper saw n.auv of this species in 

 the canon of Santa Anna, Hying about in.ccc...ible cliffs of sandstone, where they 

 doubtless had nests, May L>0. He saw also then, .near San 15uenaventin-a, August 

 -o, when they ean.e down to the valley from the sandstone cliHs ten miles dis- 

 tant. Ihey afterwards hunte.l insects ahnost .laily near the coast, living hi.d. 

 dunng the calm morning, but when there were sea-breezes living low and a..iinst 

 It. After a month they disap,.eared, and none were seen 'until Decend.er 14, 

 when they were again seen until the I'Oth. None were seen during the rains, 

 or untd Pebruary I'G, when they reappeared, and after April 5 thev retired to the 

 mountams. 



Nephoecetes niger (II, 4l'.)). Dr. Cooper informs us that a fine specimen 

 of tins rare bird was taken at San Francisco in the spring of 1870, and brought 

 to Mr. b. Gruber. It had, from some cause, been driven to alight on the ground, 

 from winch .t was not able to rise, and was taken alive. The exact date was not 

 noted. 



Chaetura vauad (II, 435). Dr. Cooper states that in the spring of 1873 

 Ins Swift appeared as early as Ajiril 22 near San Buenaventura. The ^car before 

 he hrst saw them near San Diego on the 2Gth. 



Geococcyac californianus (II, 472). Has been found in El Paso County, 

 Colorado, by Mr. Aiken. 



PiCUS gairdneri (II, 512). Fo„r eggs of this Woodpecker were taken by 

 Mr. ■\\ dham A. Cooper near Santa Cruz, Cal., from a hole in a tree, one side of 

 which was much decayed. Four is said to be ^he usual number of their eg-s 

 although five were found in one instance. The eggs resemble those of P. pubescel^ 

 and measure .75 of an inch in length by .57 in breadth. 



Sphyropicus varius (II, 539). Collected in EI Paso County, Colorado, by 

 Mr. Aiken. 



Centurus uropygialis (II, 558). Captain Rendire found this Woodpecker 

 the most connnon of the family in the vicinity of Tucson, Arizona, where it was 

 resident throughout the year. Like nearly all of its kindred, it is an exceedingly 

 noisy bird. It apj)ears to be a resident species throughout the year in all the south- 

 ern portions of the Territory. Its favorite localities for nesting appear to be in the 

 gigantic trunks of the large Cere„« ;,i<i,n,U;ix, which jdants are called by the na- 

 tives Suwan-ows. These are easily excavated, and form a remarkably safe place in 

 which to rear their young ones, on account of the many thorns with which these 

 cacti are protected. Their eggs are usually four in number, but sometimes are 

 only two, and resemble those of all the other kinds of Woodpeckers in their color 

 and in their rounded oval shape. They average .98 of an inch in length and .70 

 in breadth. Usually two, and occasionally even three, broods are raised in a season. 



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